URGENT: Virus warning

[Tassadar]

Forgive me if this has already been posted but heres a site for the fix. Also a temporary fix would be to turn on your XP firewall. Un-updated users of Windows XP could get it in under 20 minutes, or so I've read. oh my god guys.. the Critic is on, later heh.


http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tr...=/technet/security/virus/alerts/msblaster.asp

 

[Navanax]

Get a better antivirus software suite. Grisoft's AVG and it's latest patch annihilated it in less than 10 seconds.

That's the virusscanner I have... and it didn't do anything :scared:

I heard that most antivirus programs don't recognize the virus yet, it's best to just turn on your firewall.

You could also search your register for 'msblast.exe' and delete it.

 

[Scorcher2k]

Heres a couple news updates...
http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/security/story/0,2000048600,20277185,00.htm
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...u=/nm/20030813/tc_nm/tech_internet_blaster_dc
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,60019,00.html

Most of it you could have already guessed. Its just funny to see this stuff and know that people are gunna get all tweaked out over it.


*ya, slander that was in the very first post *

 

[DiebytheSword]

That's the virusscanner I have... and it didn't do anything :scared:

I heard that most antivirus programs don't recognize the virus yet, it's best to just turn on your firewall.

You could also search your register for 'msblast.exe' and delete it.

If you update your library you wouldn't have that problem now would you?

Also, try turning on hueristic analysis, since that looks for virus activity, and not known viral executable files.

 

[Deman]

Also a temporary fix would be to turn on your XP firewall.

If you don't have a hardware firewall, this is a good way to go about things, but I personally like ZoneAlarm(www.zonealarm.com) more just because it tells me what it's doing, and it is free. It tells me if some program wants access to the internet such as msblast.exe. On several occasions this has alerted me to trojans that have wiggled their way onto my computer.

 

[Toki]

ive had a pc for like 9 years i have yet to get a virus :S

 

[imported_Mystix]

I had that 'win32.spybot.worm'. I got rid of it though, but that worm is a ***** to get rid of, so yeah. Update your 2k operating systems.

*I scanned my computer with 'Norton Anti-Virus 2003'. After I found a **** load of 'win32.worms' including one 'IRC Trojan', I downloaded the freee trial of Norton Ant-Virus 2003. I updated the definitions, scanned my computer and it fixed about 4 win32.worm files. There was one called, 'mkxgzzsazt.exe' that it couldn't delete. So I went into 'Safe Mode' looked it up in a search and deleted it. In 'Safe Mode' I also was able to get into my msconfig. (For some odd reason, I couldn't get into msconfig from my regular boot up) And I disabled all the 'Uknown Files' searched them again, and deleted them. I made sure my computer was clean as heaven. Now I have no problems, and no 'worms/viruses/trojans'.

-Here are 2 screen shots from 2 different online virus scanners.

 

[Scorcher2k]

I believe thats just a run of the mill virus dude lol.

 

[Damaera]

Am I going to get a responce?

 

[Scorcher2k]

Unpluggin from the internet is the same as unplugging from the internet so yes. Unplugging your dsl will do the same thing as unplugging your cable modem. He was joking around when he said that though... Just patch windows and download the virus removal tool to make sure you don't have it. The links are on the first page of this thread...

 

[Duece]

ok well i hated xp so much so badly soooo so badly i installed something and something went wrong everything froze then when i restarted said i had to repair windows or some **** like that... well im back on me i gave xp a try and it just takes too much control away from me..

Does this worm thing effect ME?

 

[imported_Mystix]

Nope, but to tell you the truth, I would rather live with the win32.worm, than live with M.E.

 

[TwisteR]

i gto that damn internet worm. i was all ready to format then i did a little reading and downloaded the windows update and got rid of it.

 

[BlackVashAngel]

OK, im a total computer newb.....

so, i left to taiwan for vacation (azn pride-i'm azn! lol) and my XP comp in US was shutdown (still is untill next monday when i get back) and now my comp in taiwan is running the internet thing called ADSL and its XP, and it was prolly shutdown when it striked....

WOULD IT STILL HAPPEN TO ME IF I TURNED MY COMP OFF AT THE TIME!?

i don't think this comp has a firewall though....

PS.

My XP comp in US has that stupid Message Box thing....
HOW THE HELL DO I GET RID OF THAT *** GREY BOX THAT LEAVES ME SO VULNERABLE IN CS AND D2ex!? AHHHHHHHHHH

EDIT: DO MAC USERS GET IT TOO???? (a friend has mac)

PLEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASE

HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP

(how do u say 'pppppppppp' lol?)

 

[Scorcher2k]

Your still vulnerable unless you get the patch. The grey box can be disabled by going into control panel, administrative tools, component services, services, click on messenger, and click stop, and change it to never start.

 

[Navanax]

If you update your library you wouldn't have that problem now would you?

Also, try turning on hueristic analysis, since that looks for virus activity, and not known viral executable files.

The library was up to date, so... o_o

If I update it NOW, it would probably recognize the virus, yeah. But this was a couple days ago, I think it happened the day the virus was released.

 

[ZuL]

I have Windows XP, but I just haven't seen the virus yet. Wasn't it supposed to be called "msblaster.exe" or something? It's not there for me. Doesn't that mean I don't have it?

Sure am glad to live in Sweden too. Everything antivirial is up to date

 

[Seph`]

My god.

This is the -=ONE TIME=- I've been happy to have Windows ME.

PARTY ON

Us ME users are the best \o/!!
LETS ROCK!! :warning: :fight:

 

[BlackVashAngel]

Your still vulnerable unless you get the patch. The grey box can be disabled by going into control panel, administrative tools, component services, services, click on messenger, and click stop, and change it to never start.

OHOHOHOHOH, how do i make it ' Never Start '?

EDIT: i changed it to STOP and then set it to manual....or should it still be auto?

 

[Raven Blade]

Hehehe dunno if this has been posted yet cos I just skim read all that thread, but th funny thing is.... the people who wrote it attached it to the link on the microsoft site so when you went to download the patch to fix it you got th virus, so microsoft had to physically move all there servers :laff: