New OS..now auto dis on dial up

[Brytak]

hi folks:t
i formatted a friends OLD system and installed XP
all was fine till i setup his internet connection

he has a "HaM" 56k modem OLD and i finally got the right drivers installed and was able to setup and connect to the net via
BT openworld but..BT did'nt recognise the account he gave me!

i then used another BT disk and was able to setup a new account

:confused: Here's the problem when i connect to the net i get an "auto shutdown in 45 seconds" report! :confused:

[BipolarBill]

Blaster worm:

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html

There may be others. You have to install an updated AV program right away.

http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php

[Brytak]

thanks...it's seldom connected to the net so he did'nt install norton AV!
I'll use the removal tool!
but considering it had been formated and this worm started strait after i connected for the first time......
or was it on a driver or app i downloaded and installed for him?:t

Hmm!! i had the msblast worm a few month ago are they the same worm?
i've still got the removal tool for that one!..i'll check that out!

[BipolarBill]

You have to go to Windows Update regardless.

BTW - viruses come in random e-mails these days and worms come in all by themselves. You cannot afford to be unprotected.

[Midknyte]

all you have to do is connect to the internet to be vulnerable to the blaster. it's been out for a while now, so you should definitely read up on it. The first thing I do before going online is to install the blaster patch.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=823980

[Brytak]

tried the blast removal tool. before i read your last posts!
it said the blaster worm was there and had removed it!
BUT the machine still shut down! with the RPC error report!

i've now D/L'ed the "WindowsXP-KB823980-x86-ENU" EXE
and will try this tomorrow!

i hope this works! as i dont realy know how to manually close the ports listed and i refuse to let the bloody thing beat me:mad:

[doncesar]

try runing this patch in safe mode

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2354406C-C5B6-44AC-9532-3DE40F69C074&displaylang=en


if that doesnt work, microsoft will fix that for you by calling 866-pc-safety:t


i work for earthlink tech support we get this all the time

[Brytak]

:t THANKS GUYS :t

The "WindowsXP-KB823980-x86-ENU" EXE sorted it out;)

[Midknyte]

You should really get into the habit of downloading the windows updates. This worm came out months ago and you could have saved yourself the headache.

[BipolarBill]

Well, in all fairness, he just installed XP and was hammered before he could even get started. I knew that I would see this sooner or later.

[Midknyte]

Ok, I'll give him that. Make sure to download the network distro of SP1 and the blaster patch and keep it handy. The first thing after I install xp is run the service pack and update rollup 1.