Re: Hacker or Virus???
From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospamcableone.net)
Date: 09/27/03
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Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 11:58:31 -0600
Greetings --
If you connected the PC to the Internet without having first
installed the KB824146 Hotfix, without having first installed an
antivirus application with current virus definition files, and before
enabling a firewall, you're very likely to get infected from any of
the thousands of PCs on the Internet that are constantly broadcasting
the Blaster and/or Welchia worms.
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-39
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=824146
What You Should Know About the Blaster Worm
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp
W32.Blaster.Worm a.k.a. W32/Lovesan.Worm
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html
W32.Blaster.Worm Removal Tool
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.removal.tool.html
W32.Welchia.Worm a.k.a. W32/Nachi.Worm
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.welchia.worm.html
W32.Welchia.Worm Removal Tool
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.welchia.worm.removal.tool.html
McAfee AVERT Stinger
http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=stinger
Bruce Chambers
-- Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. -- RAH "Eric Rosenwinkel" <e.rosenwinkel@verizon.net> wrote in message news:106e201c38368$72cb2820$a601280a@phx.gbl... > 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!
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