strange happenings OR blaster virus.
From: mamabear (beemmm_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/08/03
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Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 12:53:58 -0700
Why do you think that a virus warning from AVG is a hoax?
If the warning isn't coming from your antivirus program,
I'd be suspicious but...
Adaware detects several variants of msblaster worm.
Download and run Adaware (free version) from
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
It detects and safely removes dataminers, tracking
cookies, dialers and other objects from your computer.
Use "webupdate" before you scan to make sure you have the
latest ref file (open Adaware and click on the globe
or "Check for Updates Now"). The ref files are updated
frequently - sometimes several times a week. . Run
a "full scan"
http://www.lavahelp.com/howto/fullscan/index.html
If you have any questions, their forums are here
http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi all,
>Home user-:WinXP,128MB RAM, SP-1,DUN , ICF ENABLED
>
>2 weeks ago ,i was surfing the net when all of a sudden
my system popped
>this message ,[see file attached]of system shutdown. As
usual i am quite
>skeptical about such unknown messages. Once or twice
previously i have recd
>a hoax message from my AVG Antivirus of virus detected
while surfing the
>net and i just press the "restart" button , to stop the
virus from if any,
>from attack...This time also i was about to press the
restart button but the
>since the message was of shutdown and the popup screen
also seemed to be
>normal i felt may be something related to Dial up
networking must have
>crashed or something else[but still i was doubtful].
>My pc shut down and upon reboot it functioned
normally.....2 days later
>after a normal morning session, when i put on my Pc in
the evening it kept
>restarting exactly just after/at the point the black
screen comes showing
>"windows xp professional".In between these 2 events my AV
[Avast 4.0] was
>updated for Blaster virus and i had also searched my pc
for msblast.exe file
>if any and found nothing.
>This kept on happening even on safe mode, last good known
config, etc.....In
>short the Desktop was never seen and before it the PC
rebooted.
>I booted from Cd for a fresh installation and to my
surprise i was shown
>only 2 partitions of my total 3 partitions
[C:2gb,D:7.81gb,E:6.24gb,] for
>installing windows. The E: drive is where my windows XP
is loaded and also
>all my program files....and this drive was not shown to
me. The D: drive is
>the dump drive and C: for sundry items.
>This was quite a bit surprising as to how This E:
disappeared. Now i was
>given a choice to either install on the remaining 2
drives or create a new
>partition in the balance space... Since i didnt want to
take risk, i
>preferred to install on C:\ .
>At that time the drive had more than 1Gb free space..
Half a middle of the
>installation Win xp restarted and then again after
booting from the cd i was
>shown the 2 choices only C & D. This time however the C:
has free space
>about 600mb or something.... and i didnt know why XP
didnt continue the
>installation again...[the free space was gone , may be i
think on a/c of
>the installation files or what ??? i dont know ]
Nevertheless i had to
>choose C: again for a fresh installation and opted to
format the drive [ no
>option ] and loose my files.
>This time installation was sucessful and lo ! the
explorer window showed me
>all my partitions including E:...Even my programs
installed were also
>functioning properly including the AV
>I again searched the Pc for msblast.exe and also got the
system scanned by
>my AV..But nothing was found....
>I then again installed WINXP on E: after a quick format
of the partition and
>formatted C: and till date my Pc is working fine...
>
>The reason for putting this info is since i came to know
from the MS SITE
>that the blaster virus also gives such a shutdown
message.........
>Was my Pc infected or something else ???? [i have a Dial
up networking
>connection for the net and at all time my XP firewall was
enabled, i have
>never closed it. ]
>The question is what exactly can cause such a message
apart from the
>virus???[Note: i didnt close any services from the
windows task manager or
>any such other manhandlings. ]
>Next is what this problem on my Pc was.? especially the
disappearing of my
>partition and again resurfacing , that too intact with
all my settings,
>programs,etc.
>[ i had also not touched any of my hardware , in short
everything status
>quo ]
>
>
>thanks n regards
>
>
>
>
>
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