Re: Blaster Worm? Not? Opinions please

From: Jupiter Jones [MVP] (jones_jupiter_at_hotnomail.com)
Date: 01/30/04 

Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 18:34:09 -0700

"The only thing we have in common is..."
Not true.
Another thing you had in common is connecting an unprotected computer
to the internet.
Simply enabling/installing a firewall would have prevented this.
There is no connection to getting the updates and Blaster getting to
the computer.
If the computer was not getting any updates it still would have been
infected with Blaster. 

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Jupiter Jones  [MVP]
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<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:672601c3e6c4$6db569d0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> I had a similar experience, I reinstalled Windows XP on
> Sunday then went to Windows update site to get the patches
> and fixes. On Monday my computer started shutting down, I
> got one of those messages from Microsoft that just flashed
> on my screen telling me I had the Blaster worm because the
> updates I installed had been downloaded in the wrong
> order. The problem seems to be with Microsoft as you use
> Earthlink and I use Verizon Online. The only thing we have
> in common is that we re-installed XP and downloaded the
> updates so don't blame Earthlink. At the weekend I intend
> to reformat my hard drive and reinstall Windows XP again
> but I will install the most powerful firewall/antivirus I
> can find before getting any more updates from Windows
> Update.

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