rob iles Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 Just thought i would let you know that NTL broadband sent me the Blaster worm virus. Apparently it is affecting everyone using XP nationwide,also Freeserve and AOL are also affected. So please makesure you have up to date antivirus , not being a computer whiz i found out the hard way. Just a freindly warning. rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterg Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 I think you'll find some people on here have already found it the hard way Rob BTW: to really stop this one happening again you also need to update your copies of Windows with the latest security patches from Microshaft - there's about 20MB of them more info here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob iles Posted August 14, 2003 Author Share Posted August 14, 2003 peterg , only just back on line at 6pm today. i bought a new puter friday,played with it sat sun,loading various softwares got the worm Mon tue wed. Of course there was no antivirus software with my package (thanks Tiny) cheers for the updates. rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chalky Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 Yes im one of them who had to find out the hard way got the other day had to make a program to get rid of it didnt work so i found one on the net so if anyone wants the tool to get rid of it and fix what it has done let me know i can send through e-mail good luck scott .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7SE Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 A word to the wise... Anti-virus software is the cure to this particular worm, prevention is better - get a Firewall. Particularly if you have broadband and especially if you leave the modem(sic) on all the time. Anti-virus software will protect you against viruses that arrive in e-mails, or files that you download - a firewall won't help here. A firewall stops other people, or programs, identifying your PC and pushing programs onto it w/out you knowing e.g. the Blaster worm. Sorry if this is phrased a bit seriously but many people do not understand the distinction between these two different bits of s/ware and they do different jobs. PS A tip to stop those annoying pop-ups, turn off Windows Messenger. Cheers, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterg Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 and as I've said elsewhere, my wife is a senior software consultant for McAfee so if you need advice about how to use AV or Firewall software or info connected with either then let me know PS: and unofficially she says Zonealarm as a 'free' firewall is OK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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