Re: anything to worry about??...
From: Bill Sanderson (Bill_Sanderson_at_msn.com.plugh.org)
Date: 08/27/03
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Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 10:35:51 -0400
This isn't typical of Blaster, FWIW.
When you get those blue screen errors, it is a good idea to record at least
the first few lines of what's on there.
You may find the details in your system event log, though.
Are your Norton virus signatures up to date?
You might want to scan with an alternative online scanner, just for a second
opinion:
http://housecall.antivirus.com
"Ty" <abc@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> well, i turned on my computer today (for the second time
> today..the first time everything went fine) and realized
> that it is not booting up. i have xp and it went through
> the data check (stage 1, 2, and 3 checks) and it finds
> numerous errors...it the pops up a blue screen giving me
> some error..well, i reboot, and then everything works fine
> until it pops up another error: "invalid boot.ini file
> booting from C:\windows" and it reboots. the thing is it
> keeps doing this (rebooting). is this what the blaster
> worm virus does? because i wasn't sure. well, after a few
> more hours of this, i finally get the computer to log onto
> my desktop, however my norton antivirus prompts me that it
> is possible that an attacker might be trying to disable my
> antivirus...so i did what symantec.com said to do and
> everytihng is fine..now that norton works fine (as it
> seems), i scanned my whole comp and there were no viruses.
> does this mean that there are no virus? and that i
> shouldn't worry? any info would be greatly appreciated!!
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