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anyone else get that worm virus thingy?

Colin Harri

anyone else get that worm virus thingy?

by Colin Harri » Thu, 14 Aug 2003 04:49:24

Apparently it all expleded at aroun 6pm GMT (1pm ET) yesterday...I got it, I
know 3 others who did - anyone in here?

Damn, I lost some stuff before I figured it out......

ae

anyone else get that worm virus thingy?

by ae » Thu, 14 Aug 2003 05:36:06

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 19:49:24 GMT, "Colin Harris"


>Apparently it all expleded at aroun 6pm GMT (1pm ET) yesterday...I got it, I
>know 3 others who did - anyone in here?

No, I don't go near Outhouse Express.

Andrew.

Goy Larse

anyone else get that worm virus thingy?

by Goy Larse » Thu, 14 Aug 2003 05:48:32


> On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 19:49:24 GMT, "Colin Harris"

> >Apparently it all expleded at aroun 6pm GMT (1pm ET) yesterday...I got it, I
> >know 3 others who did - anyone in here?

> No, I don't go near Outhouse Express.

You don't have to for this one

Beers and cheers
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Stuart Becktel

anyone else get that worm virus thingy?

by Stuart Becktel » Thu, 14 Aug 2003 05:45:15

Umm...yea, it has nothing to do with outlook express. It uses an explotation
in DCOM to create a remote connection on port 4444, then downloads some
software onto your computer.
-Stuart Becktell

> On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 19:49:24 GMT, "Colin Harris"

> >Apparently it all expleded at aroun 6pm GMT (1pm ET) yesterday...I got
it, I
> >know 3 others who did - anyone in here?

> No, I don't go near Outhouse Express.

> Andrew.

ae

anyone else get that worm virus thingy?

by ae » Thu, 14 Aug 2003 05:50:48

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 20:45:15 GMT, "Stuart Becktell"

Sorry, I tend to ignore the specifics of the latest Windows exploits.
I use a NAT router, a firewall and don't use MS mail/news clients so
life is a bit less exciting for me :-)

Andrew.

John Simmon

anyone else get that worm virus thingy?

by John Simmon » Thu, 14 Aug 2003 06:37:22



One word - router.

Colin Harri

anyone else get that worm virus thingy?

by Colin Harri » Thu, 14 Aug 2003 06:54:14




> > Apparently it all expleded at aroun 6pm GMT (1pm ET) yesterday...I got
it, I
> > know 3 others who did - anyone in here?

> > Damn, I lost some stuff before I figured it out......

> One word - router.

I got more than one word for you, Simmo ;-)
Ruud Dingeman

anyone else get that worm virus thingy?

by Ruud Dingeman » Fri, 15 Aug 2003 07:06:05


> Sorry, I tend to ignore the specifics of the latest Windows exploits.
> I use a NAT router, a firewall and don't use MS mail/news clients so
> life is a bit less exciting for me :-)

One of the benefits for us Mac users is we're almost automatically
immune   :)

(The most unhackable and virus-resistant Mac ever was the old Mac
Classic, though. Not only do nearly all hackers & virus writers not know
how to 'attack' Macs, this model also had it's entire OS in ROM, had no
command line, could start without any disk and only spoke Appletalk thru
the network. Now that's a challenge   ;)

Regards, Rudy

Ruud Dingeman

anyone else get that worm virus thingy?

by Ruud Dingeman » Fri, 15 Aug 2003 07:12:45


>>Damn, I lost some stuff before I figured it out......
> One word - router.

Two words: Old Mac.

($ 10 for such an oldie - like the IICI - and $ 3 for an old Ethernet
card will buy you an almost unhackable and virus-resistant little
server/router/firewall. Very cheap and VERY safe, relatively speaking.

The US Army used something like this for www.army.mil a while ago and
afaik it's still on the air ;)

Regards, Rudy

sting3

anyone else get that worm virus thingy?

by sting3 » Thu, 14 Aug 2003 07:11:09

If you get it supposedly you can fix it with this.

Download: FixBlast - W32.Blaster.Worm Removal Tool
(same link as above)
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/FixBlast.exe

Ill know later I guess Mom just called....  Shit

They are on Dialup, they dont get online for a total of 15 minutes per day,
and most of that is just send recieve email.

tonight they get brave and go looking for a website for something...

Dammnit



jason moy

anyone else get that worm virus thingy?

by jason moy » Thu, 14 Aug 2003 08:18:58



Sounds great, how does it run GPL/F1C/N2003? =)

Jason

Obak

anyone else get that worm virus thingy?

by Obak » Thu, 14 Aug 2003 08:26:38



>> Sorry, I tend to ignore the specifics of the latest Windows exploits.
>> I use a NAT router, a firewall and don't use MS mail/news clients so
>> life is a bit less exciting for me :-)

>One of the benefits for us Mac users is we're almost automatically
>immune   :)

>(The most unhackable and virus-resistant Mac ever was the old Mac
>Classic, though. Not only do nearly all hackers & virus writers not know
>how to 'attack' Macs, this model also had it's entire OS in ROM, had no
>command line, could start without any disk and only spoke Appletalk thru
>the network. Now that's a challenge   ;)

>Regards, Rudy

true, but try finding a good racing sim on a mac :D  j/k
Schoone

anyone else get that worm virus thingy?

by Schoone » Thu, 14 Aug 2003 08:35:00

Yup, plus if your Mac is down it doesn't even matter since you weren't
running anything on it anyway :)



> > Sorry, I tend to ignore the specifics of the latest Windows exploits.
> > I use a NAT router, a firewall and don't use MS mail/news clients so
> > life is a bit less exciting for me :-)

> One of the benefits for us Mac users is we're almost automatically
> immune   :)

> (The most unhackable and virus-resistant Mac ever was the old Mac
> Classic, though. Not only do nearly all hackers & virus writers not know
> how to 'attack' Macs, this model also had it's entire OS in ROM, had no
> command line, could start without any disk and only spoke Appletalk thru
> the network. Now that's a challenge   ;)

> Regards, Rudy

bluestringe

anyone else get that worm virus thingy?

by bluestringe » Thu, 14 Aug 2003 09:51:04




> > Apparently it all expleded at aroun 6pm GMT (1pm ET) yesterday...I got
it, I
> > know 3 others who did - anyone in here?

> > Damn, I lost some stuff before I figured it out......

> One word - router.

I'm with you John. D-Link router.

bluestringer

Peter Ive

anyone else get that worm virus thingy?

by Peter Ive » Thu, 14 Aug 2003 10:08:50



But apparently it only affects NT based M$ systems.  I.e. NT, 2000 and
XP.  Anyone using win98 or ME is safe.

>-Stuart Becktell


>> On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 19:49:24 GMT, "Colin Harris"

>> >Apparently it all expleded at aroun 6pm GMT (1pm ET) yesterday...I got
>it, I
>> >know 3 others who did - anyone in here?

>> No, I don't go near Outhouse Express.

>> Andrew.

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