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Blaster Worm
I have the Blaster Worm on my home computer and now my
computer can't start as it's not able to find the Operating System. Can someone,please, tell me how to restart my computer and to get rid of this thing. |
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Blaster Worm
Hi Eric,
If the computer can not start at all then you may have another issue. However, the first step is to contact your antivirus vendor, they can assist you with removing the worm. You can also try these steps yourself if you are comfortable working in your registry: 1. Remove the infected computer from the network and reboot into Safe Mode. 2. Locate the files below, plus the Value "windows auto update" under the Run registry key and deleted them all: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run MSBLAST.EXE under the "C:\Windows\system32" folder MSBLAST.EXE-1c3a3376.PIF under the "C:\Windows\prefetch" folder 2a. If you are running Windows XP (any version) it is also recommended that the Internet Connection Firewall be enabled to prevent re-infection when connecting to the internet. 3.Contact your Antivirus provider for assistance in using any removal tools they are providing or you can use one that Symantec is providing. Symantec's Removal tool http://securityresponse.symantec.com...laster.worm.re moval.tool.html. 4. If the OS continues to shut down when trying to connect to http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../MS03-026.asp, with the dialog box stating the OS will be shutting down in 30 seconds. Set the RPC Service to "Take No Action" and reboot, this should allow you to download the patch and install it. -- Curtis Koenig Support Professional Microsoft Clustering Technologies Support MCSA, MCSAS,MCSE, MCSES This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties and confers no rights. Please reply to the newsgroup so that others may benefit. Thanks! -------------------- Sender: "Eric" Subject: Blaster Worm Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 07:57:19 -0700 I have the Blaster Worm on my home computer and now my computer can't start as it's not able to find the Operating System. Can someone,please, tell me how to restart my computer and to get rid of this thing. |
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