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"A Whiteford" <awhitefo@austarmetro.com.au> wrote in message
news:3f950101@news.comindico.com.au...
> I got the Blaster virus when it was going around a couple of months ago.
I
> downloaded the patch, ran it etc and everything seemed to be OK until last
> night.  My PC has gone into a continuous shutdown loop since then.
>
> I power up and approximately 2 minutes later I get the message which came
> with Blaster that it's being auto powered down.  It turns itself off.  The
> first time this happened I ran Norton's AV which I'd auto updated last
week.
> It didn't identify any viruses.  I also looked at the original Blaster
patch
> information and did a search for the Blaster.exe file - nothing on the PC
> (including in hidden folders).
>
> Q.    So do I have the Blaster virus or something that mimics it?
>
> Since the original power down the time lag between auto power downs has
> decreased so I only have a couple of minutes MAX before the PC auto shuts
> down
>  - can't get anything done on PC in that time
>
>
> Q.    How do I stop this process so I can get an appropriate patch
> installed?
>
> I've been advised to look at a site with info about the
> w32.hllw.gaobot.az.virus info but it's pretty useless if I can't get the
PC
> to stay powered up long enough to download the required patch.
>
> Advice appreciated
> Thanks
>
> Anne
>
>
>
>
Hi Anne

You could download the required patch to another PC; such as the one that
you`re using now; and then put it on a CDR and then try to update your
problem comp from that, if time allows.

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.hllw.gaobot.az.h
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