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    Post Virus / Worm Help - Look Here!

    Some general advice:

    1. Get some anti-virus software, eg AVG from www.grisoft.com, which is free. (keep it up to date as well!)
    2. Keep your computer up to date: windowsupdate
    3. Enable a firewall on your PC, eg ZoneAlarm (from here) which is Free, Sygate (from here) etc.
    4. Disable the preview pane in outlook and outlook express. (howto: here )

    If you think you have one of the following viruses, or you want to prevent infection:

    MSBlast, W32.Blaster.Worm, Lovsan etc. - This effects Windows 2000, NT, 2003, XP but NOT 95,98,ME

    If you have the MSBlast worm or are being affected by it, for example, your PC (windows XP) is shutting down everytime you connect to the internet, then you need the patch from Microsoft, and you should check you don't have the worm with the fix from symantec.

    If you have Windows 2000 and you get svchost.exe has generated errors, or you are unable to copy and paste etc, you too could be being affected by the worm. Get the patch from microsoft and get the fix to check you don't have the worm.

    to prevent infection, get the patch for windows : www.microsoft.com
    http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp
    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tre...n/ms03-026.asp

    fix / removal tool : www.symantec.com
    http://securityresponse.symantec.com...oval.tool.html

    W32/Welchia.worm10240 [AhnLab], W32/Nachi.worm [McAfee], WORM_MSBLAST.D [Trend], Lovsan.D [F-Secure] etc

    This tried to update your PC, but it also spreads very quickly and causes network problems. For more info, check here:

    http://securityresponse.symantec.com...chia.worm.html

    Like MSBlast, make sure your PC is patched with the latest updates from Microsoft, and especially this patch:
    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tre...n/ms03-026.asp

    If you think you might have it, use the removal tool :

    http://securityresponse.symantec.com...oval.tool.html

    SoBig.F

    This is the latest virus, it searches through your email address and sends emails out pretending to be someone else. The attachments seem to be between 74k and 100k.

    More details here:
    http://securityresponse.symantec.com...obig.f@mm.html

    Removal Tool here:
    http://securityresponse.symantec.com...oval.tool.html
    Last edited by joshwa; 20-08-2003 at 07:34 PM.

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    More Security risks!

    http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11135

    Get your fresh patches !

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    http://winxp.bink.nu

    this place is pretty good for essential updates, run by a guy with close links to microsoft

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