MSBlast virus
 

Anyone else get hit by this bulls***? The damn thing nearly drove me insane last night.

I heard about it. What is it all about?

From what I understand it ****s up Windows XP and does different stuff. For me it caused an error message to pop up every 10 minutes and shut down my comp.

I have Windows XP! :o MEEP!

I do too, but I'm not worried about getting a virus.

XP users unite! :D

I heard of it, but I didnt get it........yet

ya, i heard of it, i think you can get it through messanger, or email.

I've got a Mac so I've got nothing to worry about, but I heard about that virus, it soounds preety bad but at least it doesn't delete files...

Yeah it's not really bad, just annoying as hell.

::rests safely behind his decrepit Windows 98:: :D

I have windwos 98, and Norton Antivirus[wich automaticly updates itself] So I haven't had problems with viruses for years.

I just recently downloaded a virus off kazaa accidentally, but whatever program is on here deleted it before it did any damage

I ran into several pages that have solutions... and I still know where they are. But for me... I just have a firewall to protect me. It's NOT a virus, it's just searching through your empty ports and messing up your computer. But any computer with a firewall is safe, it blocks access to the empty ports, or it makes the empty ports invisible. I was freaked for a sec, because I have XP, but the firewall part was taken care of.

It won't affect me, because I still use 98. Woohoo!

I have XP, and I always get a message every 20 minutes saying that there are files missing from my computer. Then I close the window and everything is still fine.

i got XP but i protect myself you know hwo?i download win XP patche thet realsed a month before the new virus.....

Hah... I hadn't been bit by that one... yet. *eyeashift* Knew some friends who got it though. I went ahead and fully updated the anit-virus proggies on all my PC's too. Sounds like anyone with Windows is suseptable, not just Win XP users.

What I gleaned from another forum I hang out at:
Beware of the Blaster worm! No, it's not a cutesy Transformers-related thing. It's an insidious worm that's traveling through the web at amazing speeds. Several Cellmates are already infected. If you are running Windows 2000, Windows XP (Home or Pro), Windows Server 2003, or Windows NT 4.0 (all other operating systems are not affected) and you haven't recently updated your security patches, go to Microsoft's website before Aug. 15th and download the patch. Otherwise, YOU ARE VULNERABLE, and you will likely get the worm, as it travels through the Internet and not email. Once you have it, the worm will prevent you from using the Internet and will eventually prevent you from using your computer at all. Please go to Symantec's website for more info. Please protect yourself! That is all. ~Nightwind

I got it. Couldn't figure out why my computer kept on shutting down until Scott Keith mention it in his RAW rant. Took me forever to figure out how to get rid of it though....

yay for having my outdated OS :lol: . Never thought I'd be saying that o.o

Nobody should have got it at all.

I don't see what is so difficult about going to Windows Update (accessible either through the Start Menu or under the Tools menu in Internet Explorer), and downloading the Critical Updates. The fix has been out since July 16.

Well it's simple, I'm too lazy to get the updates unless I need them real bad.

Good answer

Sloth is definitely one of the better sins.
*crouches behind her outdated, yet uneffected OS*

lol

(Inefficiant)

Heh, ditto on that. :D My brother's pc got hit hard, and we think that's what might have caused my job's entire mainframe to crash on us. :o hundreds of gas stations, SOL...

Well, I got the patch that blocks the worm so I don't have to worry.