AUTHORITY NT\SYSTEM (60 sec countdown)?

[Behemoth]

IMPORTANT: PC users worldwide have succumbed to a nasty little worm that exploits a loophole in windows. Principally, the symptoms involve being given 60 seconds before the machine shuts down. Symantec/Norton's (www.norton.com) and Microsoft's (www.microsoft.com) sites have more information. The most comprehensive advice I was given was this (specific to XP - the MS site has advice for closing ports under Windows 2000):


To stop it restarting simply ctl + alt + delete and kill msblast.exe
Then search the Hard drive for msblast.exe and delete it.
Turn on the XP Firewall. (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/networking/icf.asp)
Then download the lastest Windows patch. You shouldnt get cut off and restarted every minute.
Make sure your virus software is up to date and you've got a firewall (fully updated). Zone Alarm is free and pretty good, so there's no excuse.


hope this helps.

[Pontemonti]

Haha, yeah...I think it's weird that this worm has infected so many people...I mean, Microsoft actually fixed this hole about a month ago, so if you actually update windows regularly (which you should if you don't) you won't have to care about this warning...
You should still install a good firewall if you haven't already, though. :D

[Behemoth]

and apparently theres no problem in updating Windows even if *ahem* Microsoft don't know you have it *cof*...Stands to reason really, they don't want to be the victim of a denial of service, regardless of who's on the other end.

[Kortez]

My boss was so pissed at work yesterday. He is not a tech savy guy and had NO idea what the hell was happening everytime he turned on the computer.

There was actually a news report saying : "Stay off the internet on the 14th and 15th of August!!", silly really :rolleyes: