(fix) MSBLASTER (Auto-reboot) FIX!

[Chuck]

Look for MSBLAST or MSBlaster too!


>-----Original Message-----
>does your computer reboot 5 minutes after use? Then you
>probably have the maxblaster virus.
>
>First you will need to stop your computer from
rebooting,
>and a virus scan can NOT do this.
>
>To stop your computer from rebooting, do this:
>GO to "Start" menu.
>GO to "Run".
>Type "MSCONFIG".
>Click "Startup" tab.
>If you see something called "Maxblaster", uncheck it.
>Click Apply, Ok, Reboot your system.
>
>Now your computer won't reboot.
>
>Now get your virus scan up to date, do a Full System
Scan
>and get rid of that nasty virus!
>.
>

[Abhishek VERMA]

I had this same problem yesterday, the way i came around this is:

- Start > Run > regedit (on Windows XP Pro)
- Edit > Find... (search for msbalster)
- anything which has a value of msblaster, delete it

NOTE: Would be nice to backup your windows registry first by File >
Save as... in the Registry Editor.

I had 2 keys with the values containing "msblaster".

After you've done this, restart your computer and hopefully everything
should be sorted.

REASON: This worm is relatively new, and hence no (less)
support/anti-virus is available for it. This worm tries to start
itself on every restart through these registry values, so if u delete
these values the worm doesn't startsup.

A good thing to do would be download the windows updates from
microsoft's website.

HTH
Abhishek VERMA