anyone else get that worm virus thingy?

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......

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 19:49:24 GMT, "Colin Harris" <[email hidden]> wrote: >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.

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 <aep@nospam writeme.com> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 19:49:24 GMT, "Colin Harris" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Apparently it all expleded at aroun 6pm GMT (1pm ET) yesterday...I gotit, I > >know 3 others who did - anyone in here? > > > No, I don't go near Outhouse Express. > > Andrew.

aep@nospam, writeme.com wrote:

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> > On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 19:49:24 GMT, "Colin Harris" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >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 (uncle) Goy "goyl at nettx dot no" http://www.theuspits.com "A man is only as old as the woman he feels........" --Groucho Marx--

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 20:45:15 GMT, "Stuart Becktell" <[email hidden]> top posted: >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. 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.

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> 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.

"John Simmons" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <8xb_a.4563$[email hidden]>, > [email hidden] says... > > Apparently it all expleded at aroun 6pm GMT (1pm ET) yesterday...I gotit, I

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> > 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 ;-)

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 "Colin Harris" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8xb_a.4563$[email hidden]... > 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...... > >

On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 00:12:45 +0200, Ruud Dingemans <[email hidden]> wrote: >Two words: Old Mac. Sounds great, how does it run GPL/F1C/N2003? =) Jason

In article <bhbocs$ili$[email hidden]>, Ruud Dingemans <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>aep@nospam wrote: > >> 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

Yup, plus if your Mac is down it doesn't even matter since you weren't running anything on it anyway :) "Ruud Dingemans" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:bhbocs$ili$[email hidden]...

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> aep@nospam wrote: > > > 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 >

"John Simmons" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <8xb_a.4563$[email hidden]>, > [email hidden] says... > > Apparently it all expleded at aroun 6pm GMT (1pm ET) yesterday...I gotit, I

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> > 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

In article <vlc_a.89142$[email hidden]>, Stuart Becktell <[email hidden]> writes >Umm...yea, it has nothing to do with outlook express. It uses an explotation >in DCOM to create a remote connection on port 4444, then downloads >some >software onto your computer. But apparently it only affects NT based M$ systems. I.e. NT, 2000 and XP. Anyone using win98 or ME is safe.

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>-Stuart Becktell ><aep@nospam writeme.com> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 19:49:24 GMT, "Colin Harris" >> <[email hidden]> wrote: >> >> >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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Ahahaha.. oh man that was classic! :) I love when mac people say "blah blah, we can't get that virus.. blah blah". Mike http://mikebeauchamp.com "Schooner" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:BQe_a.56526$[email hidden]...

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> Yup, plus if your Mac is down it doesn't even matter since you weren't > running anything on it anyway :) > > "Ruud Dingemans" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:bhbocs$ili$[email hidden]... > > aep@nospam wrote: > > > > > 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 > > > >

On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 06:33:06 +0200, Ruud Dingemans <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Mike Beauchamp wrote: > >> Ahahaha.. oh man that was classic! :) I love when mac people say "blah blah, >> we can't get that virus.. blah blah". > > >I love it when Windows people say "yeah, mine's been infected... lost >data... AGAIN" ;) > ><grin> > >Don't worry though, I've got a Repentium for comparison (to run GPL on) >as well... > > >(Actually, that's probably the thing about Windows and Mac people. > >Whether they want to or not - usually, they don't, but hey, that's life >- Mac users will always have some hands-on Windows knowledge -- > >(from their job, local institutions, pc-using neighbours, pre-Mac days >etc). Consequence of this being a Windows-monopolised world, I'm afraid. > >Windows users who have hands-on Mac experience (other than maybe just >'mousing around' for two minutes), on the other hand, are pretty rare. >So I'll leave it up to you to figure out who is best placed to make >actual comparisons, hum hum...) > >Regards, Rudy >(Mac/Windows/MSX/C64/CP/M/DOS/RT-11/Linux/AppleII/BBC/Sinclair/Tandy/Amiga/NeXT/SGI >user)

heck, I'm a WinTel guy.. and I have "Hands On" Mac experience... I put my hands on and around the last mac guys puter who was preaching aplle crap, and promptly threw it out the window.... after he had said something along the lines of " my apple would never crash like windows does..." well he was wrong, the window and the mac both crashed :) Blaine

On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 00:06:05 +0200, Ruud Dingemans <[email hidden]> wrote: >One of the benefits for us Mac users is we're almost automatically >immune :) Well, I could just not use a computer at all, be immune, have the same software choices as Mac users, AND save money. ;-)

aep@nospam wrote: > 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

John Simmons wrote: >>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

On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 06:33:06 +0200, Ruud Dingemans <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Windows users who have hands-on Mac experience (other than maybe just >'mousing around' for two minutes), on the other hand, are pretty rare. >So I'll leave it up to you to figure out who is best placed to make >actual comparisons, hum hum...) > >Regards, Rudy >(Mac/Windows/MSX/C64/CP/M/DOS/RT-11/Linux/AppleII/BBC/Sinclair/Tandy/Amiga/NeXT/SGI >user)

http://daniel.head.users.btopenworld.com/why_macs_suck.wmv

jason moyer wrote: >>Two words: Old Mac. > Sounds great, how does it run GPL/F1C/N2003? =) Dunno 'bout the first ones but if you have a notso-old, it runs NR2003 just fine ;) Regards, Rudy

Obake wrote: >>One of the benefits for us Mac users is we're almost automatically >>immune :) > true, but try finding a good racing sim on a mac :D j/k ? Well like I said in my previous message: what's wrong with NR2003? (Yes, there is a MacOSX-version too, you know ;) I'll be trying to find out if some of the pc mods/addons work on the Mac version as well but first I'm waiting for a G5 to test on! Regards, Rudy (GPLRank -3.7)

Schooner wrote: > Yup, plus if your Mac is down it doesn't even matter since you weren't > running anything on it anyway :) If that were true, you wouldn't be reading this here message right now sir ;) >>One of the benefits for us Mac users is we're almost automatically >>immune :) Regards, Rudy

Mike Beauchamp wrote: > Ahahaha.. oh man that was classic! :) I love when mac people say "blah blah, > we can't get that virus.. blah blah". I love it when Windows people say "yeah, mine's been infected... lost data... AGAIN" ;) <grin> Don't worry though, I've got a Repentium for comparison (to run GPL on) as well... (Actually, that's probably the thing about Windows and Mac people. Whether they want to or not - usually, they don't, but hey, that's life - Mac users will always have some hands-on Windows knowledge -- (from their job, local institutions, pc-using neighbours, pre-Mac days etc). Consequence of this being a Windows-monopolised world, I'm afraid. Windows users who have hands-on Mac experience (other than maybe just 'mousing around' for two minutes), on the other hand, are pretty rare. So I'll leave it up to you to figure out who is best placed to make actual comparisons, hum hum...) Regards, Rudy (Mac/Windows/MSX/C64/CP/M/DOS/RT-11/Linux/AppleII/BBC/Sinclair/Tandy/Amiga/NeXT/SGI user)

I've had to deal with many, many user infections. This Virus is a friggin' nightmare. Larry "Colin Harris" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8xb_a.4563$[email hidden]... > 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...... > >

Then you probably have it, because it has NOTHING to do with Email. Larry <aep@nospam writeme.com> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 19:49:24 GMT, "Colin Harris" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Apparently it all expleded at aroun 6pm GMT (1pm ET) yesterday...I gotit, I > >know 3 others who did - anyone in here? > > > No, I don't go near Outhouse Express. > > Andrew.

Larry wrote: > > I've had to deal with many, many user infections. This Virus is a friggin' > nightmare. Personally I consider it a Gold Mine....I get paid to fix this stuff as it's not covered by the warranty I give on my PC's :-) Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "goyl at nettx dot no" http://www.theuspits.com "A man is only as old as the woman he feels........" --Groucho Marx--

In article <bhkfl6$m8v$[email hidden]>, Ruud Dingemans <[email hidden]> writes: >Sorry, couldn't resist on behalf of all other lowly Mac users... > > >(There's even talk that the US power outs could be a result of safety >overrides in the power grid shutting down because of worm infections; >dunno if that's true though.) <slaps Ruud with a trout> There, I feel MUCH better...<g> Eldred - recovering from a 27+ hour blackout... -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Larry wrote: > I've had to deal with many, many user infections. This Virus is a friggin' > nightmare. <GRIN> Sorry, couldn't resist on behalf of all other lowly Mac users... (There's even talk that the US power outs could be a result of safety overrides in the power grid shutting down because of worm infections; dunno if that's true though.) Regards, Rudy

In article <bhmr90$ndl$[email hidden]>, Ruud Dingemans <[email hidden]> writes: >> Eldred - recovering from a 27+ hour blackout... > > >Any Electrical Withdrawal Symptoms you've noticed? :) > A bit... But I ran two online races today, so that helped.<g> Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 00:06:05 +0200, Ruud Dingemans wrote:

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> aep@nospam wrote: > >> 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 :) >

or for us Linux folks ;-) My windows box (98se) is purely for gaming, all production stuff gets done on Linux. cheers, uwe -- mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

EldredP wrote: >>Sorry, couldn't resist on behalf of all other lowly Mac users... > > <slaps Ruud with a trout> > > There, I feel MUCH better...<g> <Ouch!> Ok, I deserved that. ..actually, now *I* feel better too. Could you do that again? ;) > Eldred - recovering from a 27+ hour blackout... Any Electrical Withdrawal Symptoms you've noticed? :) Regards, Rudy (GPLRank -4.8)