Re: Blaster worm virus

From: Derek (FredFlintstone_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/23/04 

Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 10:58:03 +0100

Bruce,
When a first time buyer first connects to the internet for the first time,
they are probably not aware of Firewalls and AV programmes. I think that MS
should supply IE with their Firewall enabled (as a default) it can always be
disabled at a later date, if so desired.
Derek Nicholson

"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@nospamcableone.net> wrote in message
news:103hslhjn9ckb06@corp.supernews.com...
> Greetings --
>
> If you connected the PC to the Internet without having first
> installed the KB824146 Hotfix, without having first installed an
> antivirus application with current virus definition files, and before
> enabling a firewall, you're very likely to get infected from any of
> the thousands of PCs on the Internet that are constantly broadcasting
> the Blaster and/or Welchia worms. It only takes a few seconds of
> exposure.
>
> To stay on-line long enough to get the necessary updates, patches,
> and removal tools, click Start > Run, and enter "shutdown -a" when the
> next RPC countdown begins. This will abort the shut down. Also, make
> sure you've enabled a firewall before starting, to preclude any more
> intrusions while getting the updates/patches/tools.
>
> Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-39
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=824146
>
> What You Should Know About the Blaster Worm
> http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp
>
> W32.Blaster.Worm a.k.a. W32/Lovesan.Worm
> http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html
>
> W32.Blaster.Worm Removal Tool
>
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.removal.tool.html
>
> W32.Welchia.Worm a.k.a. W32/Nachi.Worm
>
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.welchia.worm.html
>
> W32.Welchia.Worm Removal Tool
>
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.welchia.worm.removal.tool.html
>
> McAfee AVERT Stinger
> http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=stinger
>
>
> Bruce Chambers
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>
> "Sarah Rigney" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1412701c3f96e$131c5ad0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> >I have downloaded the blaster worm removal tool to my
> > desktop and when I try to run it, it says "this update
> > requires MS03-26 to be installed and will not remove the
> > worm. I did find out how to stop it from shutting down my
> > computer, but I now need to get rid of it???
>
>

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