blaster virus?

[tjenk]

A friend's computer, XP, shuts down after a warning giving her 60
seconds. This has only happened in last day or so. She is convinced it
is blaster.exe, but cannot find it in the Windows Task Manager or
Search. She can't stay on line long enough to go to any of the removal
sites. How can she determine that she does have the virus. She is
running McAfee. Right now, it's just Dumb and Dumber trying to cure the
problem.
Thanks for any help
tjenk

[Chris Lanier]

Ya, Thanks for looking around alittle before posting ;)

If the computer is constantly rebooting, quickly go to:
Start > Run and type: shutdown -a , and hit enter.

This should halt the rebooting problem. (Thanks Nicholas)

"Go Offline after you download the patch and either print this info or copy
and paste it to word patch"

MS03-026: Buffer Overrun in RPC Interface May Allow Code Execution
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=823980

Enable the windows XP Firewall
https://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/proddocs/hnw_enable_firewall.asp

More info about the worm:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html

Test your system
https://grc.com/x/portprobe=135

"tjenk" > wrote in message
...
> A friend's computer, XP, shuts down after a warning giving her 60
> seconds. This has only happened in last day or so. She is convinced it
> is blaster.exe, but cannot find it in the Windows Task Manager or
> Search. She can't stay on line long enough to go to any of the removal
> sites. How can she determine that she does have the virus. She is
> running McAfee. Right now, it's just Dumb and Dumber trying to cure the
> problem.
> Thanks for any help
> tjenk
>

[tjenk]

tjenk wrote:
> A friend's computer, XP, shuts down after a warning giving her 60
> seconds. This has only happened in last day or so. She is convinced it
> is blaster.exe, but cannot find it in the Windows Task Manager or
> Search. She can't stay on line long enough to go to any of the removal
> sites. How can she determine that she does have the virus. She is
> running McAfee. Right now, it's just Dumb and Dumber trying to cure the
> problem.
> Thanks for any help
> tjenk

Can RESTORE to previous date do anything about this?
tjenk

>

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

For a quick, small removal tool for W32.Blaster.Worm, see
www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_qr.htm#rpc

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"tjenk" > wrote in message
...
> A friend's computer, XP, shuts down after a warning giving her 60
> seconds. This has only happened in last day or so. She is convinced it
> is blaster.exe, but cannot find it in the Windows Task Manager or
> Search. She can't stay on line long enough to go to any of the removal
> sites. How can she determine that she does have the virus. She is
> running McAfee. Right now, it's just Dumb and Dumber trying to cure the
> problem.
> Thanks for any help
> tjenk
>