Hacker or Virus???
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Date: 09/25/03
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Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 08:16:12 -0700
>-----Original Message-----
>Last night I had my DSL connection open and had stepped
>away from the computer when suddenly I saw an alert come
>up saying the system was shutting down. A timer was
>counting down from 1 minute, saying save all work, etc.
>Then a box appeared saying 'some Windows XP files were
>being overwritten by unrecognized versions, you may need
>to insert your Windows XP installation disk.' The system
>shut down and when it restarted everything seemed normal
>except that it shut down again the same way within about
3
>minutes (this time the DSL connection wasn't logged on).
>I reinstalled Windows XP (actually I selected
the 'repair'
>option) and when it finished, I logged on as a different
>user (not administrator) and things seemed ok, except
that
>my DSL network connection icon had disappeared in the
>Network Connections panel. I wasn't able to set it up
>again so I 'switched users' to the original administrator
>user account. On that desktop I had a shortcut to my DSL
>connection but it didn't work. Again, the DSL network
>connection icon was missing in the Network Connections
>panel so I called my ISP tech assistance line. While on
>the phone with them, they instructed me to reboot and
>after I did that, ALL icons were missing in the Network
>Connections panel. About 30 seconds later, the system
>shut down on it's own as above. When the dialogue box
>saying it was replacing Windows files appeared, I simply
>turned off the power and it remains off for the moment.
>
>My computer is not on a network. It's the only computer
>in my home. I don't open attachments I don't expect - I
>even have the preview pane turned off. However, I did
not
>have anti-virus software installed at the time and I did
>have the telnet service activated, under Administrator
>services.
>
>Could this be the work of a hacker, or does it sound like
>a virus? Any advice would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks!
>.
>Its MSBLASTER.GEN or .D
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