help please possible virus

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simon archer

my brother seems to think he has detected a virus the following happens
winow appears saying system shut down in one minute
and also disables virus scan on the computer
any ides as to what it could be
thanks in advance
si
 
tried the stinger but to no avail comes on disconnecting from the net
to but ill download the file from your site and give that a whirl
thanks for the help
si
 
from the said:
tried the stinger but to no avail comes on disconnecting from the net
to but ill download the file from your site and give that a whirl
thanks for the help
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Sounds to me like the side effects of an infection ATTEMPT (not
necessarily successful) by MSBLASTER or similar worm. Does your brother
have his firewall switched on?
 
GSV Three Minds in a Can said:
Sounds to me like the side effects of an infection ATTEMPT (not
necessarily successful) by MSBLASTER or similar worm.
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Unsuccessful attempts wouldn't necessarily appkill security
software.
 
FromTheRafters said:
Unsuccessful attempts wouldn't necessarily appkill security
software.
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disconnect from the internet connection, reboot, start\run type
'shutdown -a'

re-connect to the web and go download the blaster removal tool, and then the
MS patch

run them both in that order

polly
 
polly tito said:
the
disconnect from the internet connection, reboot, start\run type
'shutdown -a'

re-connect to the web and go download the blaster removal tool, and then the
MS patch

run them both in that order

polly
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Don't always help, I have seen brand new XP installations
get infected in less than 20 sec if the patch is not applied.

Better to have the patch on a floppy and patch xp before connecting to
internet.
 
Conny said:
Don't always help, I have seen brand new XP installations
get infected in less than 20 sec if the patch is not applied.
True.

Better to have the patch on a floppy and patch xp before connecting to
internet.
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Maybe the OP should search for "xpsurvivalguide" for suggestions.
I have only seen it in PDF format, but it is good information for XP
installation.
 
yes, brand new installations can get infected immediately that is why I
specified getting the -removal tool- first. It doesn't matter if your system
is infected you are able to clean it and patch it without the system
shutting down by following the instructions above. If in your case it didn't
help then maybe you forgot to disconnect from the web once you had the
removal tool/patch?

possibly?

polly
 
simon archer said:
my brother seems to think he has detected a virus the following happens
winow appears saying system shut down in one minute
and also disables virus scan on the computer
any ides as to what it could be
thanks in advance
si
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It's a virus. Possibly agoblaster. Go into services and reset RPC to take no
action on errors. The virus resets it to shut down the system. Then go into
control pannel and disable system restore. Then run an online virus
checker.

If you're not on a network, it should quit in 24 hours. It did with me.
Norton still ouldn't find it. It hides in the boot record on your hard
drive.

-*MORT*-
 
Morton Davis said:
It's a virus. Possibly agoblaster. Go into services and reset RPC to take no
action on errors. The virus resets it to shut down the system. Then go into
control pannel and disable system restore. Then run an online virus
checker.

If you're not on a network, it should quit in 24 hours. It did with me.
Norton still ouldn't find it. It hides in the boot record on your hard
drive.
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