[Capt'n Mike]

Funny, I just walked Mongo through clearning his macine of this! If your machine is rebooting every 10 minutes, you may have it!

UPDATE YOUR ANTI-VIRUS DEFINITIONS! Scan your machine!

more info

 

[Capt'n Mike]

Yeah, you're right, I don't know if NAV alone will stop it. I don't know if Mongo has the virus or not, but he has the symptoms. He's doing a scan right now. Blocking TCP/IP port 135 and installing this patch from Microsoft, appears to have fixed the problem for him.

 

[Capt'n Mike]

QUOTE(afiremen @ Aug 11 2003, 10:42 PM)I am really stupid when it comes to installing "Blocking TCP/IP port 135" and things like that. I just learn to live with it!
Come on, that's got to do with Firewalls! You should know all about that!!

 

[Capt'n Mike]

QUOTE(afiremen @ Aug 11 2003, 10:50 PM)Not a thing! Don't know how to set them up or anything!
And you call yourself afiremen.....

 

[Capt'n Mike]

QUOTE(spacelord @ Aug 11 2003, 10:59 PM)Zonealarm (firewall..) is available for free, and is often recommended.

Zone Alarm
Yeah, I think the XP firewall will block those ports okay, but ZoneAlarm is surely the way to go!

 

[Capt'n Mike]

Thanks for the info, Distant_Horizon.

The link in your message isn't working, so I wasn't able to check that out. What is this beta patch you speak of? We used "Windows XP Security Patch: Buffer Overrun In RPC Interface Could Allow Code Execution" and it stopped the reboots.

Also, in regards to firewalls, I think most people will not go out and buy a hardware firewall. A software firewall like Zone Alarm is better than none!

 

[Capt'n Mike]

QUOTE(threecrabs @ Aug 11 2003, 11:03 PM)Here is some info.....
I don't think this virus has anything to do with messenger spam.

 

[Capt'n Mike]

My home PC is okay, but it may have hit my work PC. I can't paste anything I copy!
And my "Smilies" don't work....
And I can't get to the link that merlin posted because IE won't open a new window....

ruh-roh rorge!

 

[Capt'n Mike]

QUOTE(threecrabs @ Aug 29 2003, 01:42 PM)I knew it...a little 18 yr. old puter nurd! Here's the story.
lil basturd!

I don't know if it will apply to this guy, but I read earlier today that this offense is a felony!

I also read that the blaster was indirectly responsible for the power outage. If proven, this is sure to harshen the penalty!