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Article #32Re: URGENT - BLASTER LIKE VIRUS, PC IN CONTINUOUS SHUT DOWN LOOP
From: Michael
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 01:52
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 01:52
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Blaster Virus also attacks NT4 - that is what the 823980 patch is for....
See http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp under "Products
Affected by This Worm" in the red box.
I agree that it would have helped if (s)he had stated which version of the
OS (s)he was using. {Anne looks more like a female name than a "he"]
Michael
"Matthew Kirkcaldie" <Matthew.Kirkcaldie@deletethis.newcastle.edu.au> wrote
in message
news:Matthew.Kirkcaldie-BE3498.15043422102003@seagoon.newcastle.edu.au...
> In article <mnnlb.160824$bo1.113551@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
> "Michael" <mixstatdonotspam@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>
> > If you are using NT4 Workstation (not Server) it crashes after patch
823559
> > and 823980 are installed - you have to uninstall 823559 and rely on your
> > firewall to stop the virus.
> ...
> > Microsoft no loger support NT4 Worstation so refuse to fix the problem.
>
> The original poster said he got the Blaster virus previously, and it's
> specific to Windows 2000 and XP, so he ain't using NT4.
>
> > "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.
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