Author Topic: I think I have that bloody worm (Read 3049 times)

« **Reply #15 on:** August 13, 2003, 04:29:35 AM »

here\'s a hint

GO READ

you might learn something

*hint [sp]tftp[/sp]

« **Reply #16 on:** August 13, 2003, 04:31:56 AM »

Look, I dont understand ok, I am just asking for some help. Everyone has to learn at some stage so if your too stuck up to help then stuff you.

Im not stupid because I dont know all these things, I have just never been taught.

« **Reply #17 on:** August 13, 2003, 04:33:17 AM »

well....stop making excuse and do something about it

the flaw uses a commonly open port that really isnt used for viri
it\'s not even correct to call this a virus, it\'s an exploitation of a windows flaw...hence why that shitty firewall you use didnt catch it

get a real firewall like zonealarm

GmanJoe · « **Reply #18 on:** August 13, 2003, 04:35:52 AM »

My fiance got that tftp thing last week. I took a simple approach to fixing it.

Format C:

New firewall (Netgear\'s FVS318), reloaded XP, downloaded patch.

It works fine. That is until they find another hole (which is a question of when - coz they will).

« **Reply #19 on:** August 13, 2003, 04:38:46 AM »

OK, the virus scan is over and it says no virus.

off to the event log to see what the hell is going on..

« **Reply #20 on:** August 13, 2003, 04:43:53 AM »

OMFG!! you formatted?

« **Reply #21 on:** August 13, 2003, 04:45:37 AM »

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Originally posted by mm
OMFG!! you formatted?

yeah ...That’s like nuke’n a whole city just because one condo had roaches
:eek:.

« **Reply #22 on:** August 13, 2003, 04:47:52 AM »

formatting is way overreacting... it was simple to get it off of my machine.

Scanning for viruses won\'t find it because it\'s not a virus, it\'s a worm.

THIS REMOVES THE BLASTER WORM

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/FixBlast.exe

« **Reply #23 on:** August 13, 2003, 05:02:53 AM »

This is bloody ridiculous. I download the fixblast thing, it searches my system and then tells me i dont have the worm. it redirected me to the patch, which i have now downloaded.

Well if I dont have it then what the hell do I have?

« **Reply #24 on:** August 13, 2003, 05:06:43 AM »

I had this happen to me 2 days ago at work on my dial up laptop. The RCP Service kept terminating... after about 5 minutes of searching the internet, I had the patch and haven\'t had any problems since. In hindsight I should have patched back in July. They don\'t put those security warnings out there for nothing.

« **Reply #25 on:** August 13, 2003, 05:07:51 AM »

well, i\'ve rebooted and i haven\'t had the problem since, i just find it strange that the fix blast program didn\'t detect it.

Living-In-Clip · « **Reply #26 on:** August 13, 2003, 05:13:10 AM »

Just format it.
That\'s a sure fire way.

Seriously guy\'s, get Windows updated and it stops ninety percent of these problems.

« **Reply #27 on:** August 13, 2003, 05:14:34 AM »

...and turning off ports you don\'t use

GmanJoe · « **Reply #28 on:** August 13, 2003, 05:30:19 AM »

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Originally posted by mm
OMFG!! you formatted?

Yeah. Her PC has never had a firewall for over a year. She said that funnyu stuff would happen to her computer...like her internet surfing would bog down to a crawl even though she\'s on cable. Sometimes a window would close even though she just opened it.

Heh....I think she got hacked. So even if I got a firewall now, the trojan file could still open up a port.

Anyway, she just uses the computer for Sims and reading email.

No biggie.

Living-In-Clip · « **Reply #29 on:** August 13, 2003, 05:45:16 AM »

Never occured to you to just run an anti-virus and spyware killer?
That would of fixed those problems, most likely.

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Author Topic: I think I have that bloody worm (Read 3049 times)