Windows XP home edition
From: Charles Smith (squareknot6_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 05/14/04
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Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 11:28:53 -0700
No I didn't realize that XP had a firewall, I do now
thanks. I had cleared avserve out of the computer and was
getting the patches from MS when I was reinfected with
Sasser and at a very bad time just when the MS downlaod
had completed and the program was in the midst of
installing it. Sasser shut down the system and rebooted to
nothing, I got a black blank screen and nothing more. I
think the little B$st$rd should be brought to the U.S. so
we could hang him in the Town Squares around the U>S> as a
Pinota' for all to strike at least once. Thanks for your
help will try to follow your suggestions Sadie & Kirtal
>-----Original Message-----
>Was the XP firewall enabled when you tried to update your
>buddies patches?Or,was your buddy running a third party
>firewall?Just a tip you might like to pass on for future
>reference.
>Can you access safe mode via the BIOS? I am not 100%
>certain what is going on here,I am only aware that many
>people are reporting this type of issue.
>
>This is highly experimental,since I am uncertain what is
>causing the constant resets being reported by so many
>people.Virus activity is one possibility-but a multitude
>of other things such as soundcard problems/CPU
>overheating can cause
>resets.Bear in mind,this is written purely from a sense
>of enabling a P.C to remain online long enough to
>download critical patches.Let me know if it works or
>not.My reasoning being,Sasser causes a buffer
>overrun,flooding lsass.This will be recognised a system
>failure,and if set to reboot automatically in the event
>of system failure,XP will do so.)
>
>If your computer resets before accessing Windows XP,refer
>to your BIOS manual to determine how to boot into safe
>mode via the BIOS.(e.g.I tap F5,but your computer may be
>different.)This may prove impossible-report back,so a
>clearer picture of events can be garnered from your
>responses.
>
>To prevent resets interupting the downloading of patches
>Turn off Automatic Reboot, if you haven't already. Of
>course, you can only do this if you can get into Safe
>Mode and logged in as Administrator:
>
>1) Click on "Start", right-click on "My Computer",
>choose "Properties"
>2) Click on the "Advanced" tab.
>3) Under "Startup and Recovery" click on "Settings"
>4) Under "System Failure" uncheck "Automatically Restart".
>5) Click "Apply" then "Ok" then reboot your system.( If
>you get an error message, and your system doesn't reboot,
>report the precise error message.)
>If it successfully reboots:
>Still in safe mode,run a full virus scan of your entire
>platform.Decent A.V programmes will allow you to do this.
>At the very least,run Stinger,which has been updated to
>detect all sasser variants.Download and save it straight
>to a floppy:
>
>Stinger:
>http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
>
>Bear in mind the possibility that many agobots/worms also
>exploited the lsass vulnerability.If your buddy got
>Sasser,he probably let in a few nasties,too.Plus the
>fact,the lsass patch is not the only patch against remote
>code execution your pal might've missed.
>
>Beyond that,keep exchanging feedback via this or the
>virus forum.Even if you elect to reformat,please report
>whether you were able to accomplish this.By reformat,I
>mean a true,reboot from CD,run set-up style reformat.
>It'd really help us all build a clear picture of what is
>really going on.
>
>Sadie
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>A buddy of mine bought a new Dell Inspirion 5100 with
>the
>>XP OS and didn't hear about the update process being
>>important. Guess what he got Sasser. I removed it the
>>first time and was in the process of updating his OS
>when
>>it struck again right in the middle of the installing
>the
>>securtiy patches. Now the operating system will not come
>>up in either regular or safe modes. Am I screwed and
>will
>>have to reinstall the system and loose all his STUFF as
>he
>>calls it?
>>.
>>
>.
>
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