Help!
I installed some Microsoft Updates I received
in the mail, and now my system doesn't work
properly.
First I got a "Microsoft Critical Update" message
which had a patch for Windows XP, Internet Explorer
and Outlook Express. I thought "great!" But when I
installed the patch, my anti-virus program became
disabled, and the system began to behave strangely.
The second message I got said that I might have
been infected with a virus/worm and that I just
received in the mail and that I needed to install
another patch to remove it. But when I clicked on
the executable attachment in the messages (just
like Microsoft said that I was supposed to), my
computer began sending messages to other people
and monitoring the newsgroups. I didn't want it
to do that an so I tried to shutdown, but it
wouldn't let me!
The third message I received said that my system was
probably infected by the previous two attachments
I had just installed, and that the only way to
clean my system was to reinstall Windows. In this
message, Microsoft was even nice enough to attach
a "Reinstall Helper." All I had to do was to get my
Windows CDs and start the "Reinstall Helper" and
the reinstallation would go twice as fast.
When I started the "Reinstall Helper," it told me
to scratch onto the back of all of my Windows XP CD's
this product code (using a sharp metal KEY):
XP1032-BOGUS81. Then it told me to put the CD in
and the reinstall would start automatically, but
nothing happened!
Then the fourth message I got from the "Microsoft
Update Center" told me that the previous three
messages were totally bogus and that I had installed
three of the worst viruses/worms in Internet history.
They even called me a dumb-ass! Then they told me that
the only way to remove the viruses was to download and
execute the next message in my mailbox.
The fifth message I received said that it contained the
"Microsoft Automatic Worm Cleaner v. 6.0." The message
said that all I had to do was to install the cleaner,
and all of the viruses I had downloaded would be erased.
And so I double-clicked the attachment, and this is
what I saw:
Microsoft Automatic Worm Cleaner v. 6.0.
Trojan
...activated
...accessing partition table
...cleaning...wiped
...accessing IDE track 0 startup-block
...low-level format done
...accessing CMOS data block
...clearing
...finished
ALL VIRUSES AND WORMS DELETED
press any key to not continue...
Now I can't start my computer. Can anyone help me!
