Nicholas - Work around for blaster.exe

[mark]

I put Nicholas in the subject because he seems to know
something about this. Anyone else who wants to jump in
is more than welcome.

A number of people are having the same problem. They
can't get to the Microsoft site to download the patch, so
while you're absolutely correct in your advice, it
doesn't seem possible. Is there a workaround that will
get us to Microsoft for the update? Can we reconfigure
something on the machine that will protect us while we go
for the real fix? MS suggests shutting down ports 4444,
69, and 135 (I've also heard 139 and 445 elsewhere), but
as usual they don't provide any links to how to do this
or any substantial explanation of the pros and cons.
Will this be enough? How do you shut down a port?

[Nicholas]

Mark --

Are you using AOL as your ISP?

Try the following solution from the Windows Update Troubleshooter:
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/troubleshoot/

Select:
"Problem Downloading/Installing a Software (Non-Driver) item"

Follow steps under:
"Install stops at 0% when using the AOL Browser"

You need to minimize your AOL browser and use
Internet Explorer.


Can you access Technet? =20
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=3D/technet/secu=
rity/bulletin/MS03-026.asp=20

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Nicholas

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"mark" > wrote in message:
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| I put Nicholas in the subject because he seems to know=20
| something about this. Anyone else who wants to jump in=20
| is more than welcome.
|=20
| A number of people are having the same problem. They=20
| can't get to the Microsoft site to download the patch, so=20
| while you're absolutely correct in your advice, it=20
| doesn't seem possible. Is there a workaround that will=20
| get us to Microsoft for the update? Can we reconfigure=20
| something on the machine that will protect us while we go=20
| for the real fix? MS suggests shutting down ports 4444,=20
| 69, and 135 (I've also heard 139 and 445 elsewhere), but=20
| as usual they don't provide any links to how to do this=20
| or any substantial explanation of the pros and cons. =20
| Will this be enough? How do you shut down a port?