Nicholas - Work around for blaster.exe
From: David Jones (kk7gw_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/12/03
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Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:10:50 -0700
If you for whatever reason can not get to Windows Update,
turning on a firewall such as the XP built-in firewall
for your Internet connection will stop this worm from
infecting you.
>-----Original Message-----
>I put Nicholas in the subject because he seems to know
>something about this. Anyone else who wants to jump in
>is more than welcome.
>
>A number of people are having the same problem. They
>can't get to the Microsoft site to download the patch,
so
>while you're absolutely correct in your advice, it
>doesn't seem possible. Is there a workaround that will
>get us to Microsoft for the update? Can we reconfigure
>something on the machine that will protect us while we
go
>for the real fix? MS suggests shutting down ports 4444,
>69, and 135 (I've also heard 139 and 445 elsewhere), but
>as usual they don't provide any links to how to do this
>or any substantial explanation of the pros and cons.
>Will this be enough? How do you shut down a port?
>.
>
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