SLAMMER VIRUS

[Charles]

The slammer virus is the worse virus I have come across.
At the same time it is not doing much but aggravating the
hell out of me and all my employees and friends and family
on various OS, IE: XP, 98, 2000, 2000 PRO.

We are currently using blackice ver 3.6 as a software
firewall and it combined with Macafee keeps popping up
wanting to scan the entire system as a result of the
slammer virus and other viruses trying to assist it. I
am hoping that someone out here has a clue what is going
on here and can help us sane and responsible computer
users from suffering any further abuse from this and
related viruses that are perpetual and relentless on all
of our computer systems. I hope that you are close and
can send me information on what is going on to bring an
end to this viruses propagation and use and make it
useless in all of our computer enviroments as soon as
possible.

I think I just preyed in a user group! Anyway, I hope to
hear from someone that knows more than I do and has a clue
whats being done about this virus and ones like it that
seem to come in pairs at the same time.

Wishing everyone a more secure enviroment to work in!

Charles

 

[serverguy]

Hi Charles, if you are referring to the SQL Slammer virus, which affects
Microsoft SQL, then you simply need to get the appropriate patches installed
on your systems to protect against this vulnerability. Having a firewall
and anti-virus software is not enough, you need to be proactively updating
your systems on a regular basis to remediate vulnerabilities before they can
be attacked.

Go to Mcafee's website and look up the SPECIFIC virus(es) that your are
encountering and they will have SPECIFIC instructions to remove them.
Sometimes you will need to run a separate tool that scans for the specific
virus and removes it, then like I said you need to go to Microsoft's site
and apply the appropriate patches to prevent reoccurrence.

Good luck!