Re: McAfee/Office 2k/MS03-026

From: Bill Sanderson (Bill_Sanderson_at_msn.com.plugh.org)
Date: 08/27/03 

Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 00:44:33 -0400

Thanks for letting us know. I wonder what proportion of "the patch ruined
my system" are accounted for by the patch being applied to already infected
machines?

"George" <georgeloser@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:05db01c36c3b$4b3f0f40$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> As it turns out we were Blasted by Blaster. The software
> installs were erroring out due to all resources being
> eaten by Blaster.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Had a problem today with these three pieces on multiple
> >Win2k pcs. Do they not play well together? I am now
> unable
> >to uninstall or reinstall McAfee and Office. I deleted
> any
> >reference to McAfee, Network Associates and vscan451 out
> >of my registry, and when I go to reinstall or install a
> >higher version of McAfee, Windows thinks the old 4.51 is
> >still there. Any suggestions? Outlook, Excel, Word and
> >Powerpoint were affected too. When we went into an Office
> >program it kicked us out with an error about bad links.
> We
> >have an SUS pushing patches, could this have triggered an
> >adverse reaction on the part of McAfee and/or Office 2K?
> >.
> >

Relevant Pages

  • McAfee/Office 2k/MS03-026
    ... As it turns out we were Blasted by Blaster. ... installs were erroring out due to all resources being ... >to uninstall or reinstall McAfee and Office. ...
    (microsoft.public.security)
  • Re: Built In Admin account vs Created one
    ... It is possible for even the administrator account to have its ... Not our staff machines, whom ... > none of the typical blaster symptoms at all, ... > the blaster patch again anyway (even though I should have ...
    (microsoft.public.win2000.security)
  • Re: Built In Admin account vs Created one
    ... these are the IT dept tech machines ... none of the typical blaster symptoms at all, ... the blaster patch again anyway (even though I should have ...
    (microsoft.public.win2000.security)
  • Re: How to end the virus wars
    ... Let me put it this way - I never even noticed the blaster traffic, ... >> machines that are vulnerable to blaster. ... If it finds one, it "infects". ... this builds serious bandwidth problems almost immediately. ...
    (microsoft.public.win2000.security)
  • Re: How to end the virus wars
    ... THe "good" version of blaster is called nachi/welchia. ... If it finds one, it "infects". ... sets up shop on the new host and starts looking for new machines to infect. ...
    (microsoft.public.win2000.security)