blaster virus?

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A friend's computer, XP, shuts down after a warning giving her 60
seconds. This has only happened in last day or so. She is convinced it
is blaster.exe, but cannot find it in the Windows Task Manager or
Search. She can't stay on line long enough to go to any of the removal
sites. How can she determine that she does have the virus. She is
running McAfee. Right now, it's just Dumb and Dumber trying to cure the
problem.
Thanks for any help
tjenk
 
tjenk said:
A friend's computer, XP, shuts down after a warning giving her 60
seconds. This has only happened in last day or so. She is convinced it
is blaster.exe, but cannot find it in the Windows Task Manager or
Search. She can't stay on line long enough to go to any of the removal
sites. How can she determine that she does have the virus. She is
running McAfee. Right now, it's just Dumb and Dumber trying to cure the
problem.
Thanks for any help
tjenk
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Can RESTORE to previous date do anything about this?
tjenk
 
Ya, Thanks for looking around alittle before posting ;)

If the computer is constantly rebooting, quickly go to:
Start > Run and type: shutdown -a , and hit enter.

This should halt the rebooting problem. (Thanks Nicholas)

"Go Offline after you download the patch and either print this info or copy
and paste it to word patch"

MS03-026: Buffer Overrun in RPC Interface May Allow Code Execution
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=823980

Enable the windows XP Firewall
https://www.microsoft.com/technet/t...nol/winxppro/proddocs/hnw_enable_firewall.asp

More info about the worm:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html

Test your system
https://grc.com/x/portprobe=135
 
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