Download the removal tool from this page. Follow the instructions on the page for removing the virus. Then...
1) Go to Windows Update and get all the latest patches
2) Get a virus protection program (Or if you have one, update your virus definitions)
3) Get a firewall (ZoneAlarm is an excellent free firewall)
-Tok
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A sleep deprived Naimah stammered:
I know that I don't have blaster unless there is a new varient. I patched long before it came out. It only happend twice and I can't get it to happen again. I ran SpyBot and Adaware and that seems to have stoped it.
Blaster is the only worm out that I know that's been doing this. It will send commands to non-infected computers to reboot if it can't infect you, so you probably have other users at your ISP who are infected. A firewall that blocks the proper port on your computer should take care of that. I use ZoneAlarm (the free version) and haven't had a problem with my computer restarting, but the built-in firewall in Windows XP should do the trick.
Also, Adaware and SpyBot do not count - in any way, shape, or form - as virus protection. They merely remove spyware on your computer. Anyone who says they don't need virus protection is a fool. If you don't want to pay for a virus scanner, get AVG Anti-Virus, which is free.
-Tok [ 09-01-2003: Message edited by: Toktuk ]
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Toktuk had this to say about John Romero:
Anyone who says they don't need virus protection is a fool. If you don't want to pay for a virus scanner, get AVG Anti-Virus, which is free.
Or is actually setup properly to being with. You know, not using stupid ass browsers or email clients that are the leading cause of problems or getting on the internet without a proper firewall. 
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Toktuk obviously shouldn't have said:
Anyone who says they don't need virus protection is a fool. If you don't want to pay for a virus scanner, get AVG Anti-Virus, which is free.
Hi. I haven't had a virus in over a year. I dont have any AV software either, but every couple months or so I run housecall~
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Skaw wrote, obviously thinking too hard:
Hi. I haven't had a virus in over a year. I dont have any AV software either, but every couple months or so I run housecall~
Hi. I noticed you said you haven't had a virus in over a year. Perhaps you would have never had a virus if you had locked down your computer better.
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Random Insanity Generator wrote, obviously thinking too hard:
Or is actually setup properly to being with. You know, not using stupid ass browsers or email clients that are the leading cause of problems or getting on the internet without a proper firewall.]
I don't believe in security through obscurity. You can have a perfectly secure Windows machine using IE and Outlook express. Our network at work is mostly Windows machines. We have 2 Red Hat boxes running mrtg and 1 OpenBSD for sftp. Everything else is Windows and we haven't had any viruses in the time I've been there. No Nimda, Code Red, SQL Slammer, Blaster, or anything else you can come up with. We have good communications guys who know how to properly administer firewalls and IDS's and good Windows admins who keep our servers and machiens patched and up to date. As well as keeping virus definitions up to date. This is for over 1,000 machines on a WAN that covers almost the entire state of Texas. I will admit that there is more to watch out for in the Windows world, but Windows vulnerabilities also receive more coverage than ones in the *NIX world, so you don't have to spend half your day reading BugTraq to keep up with the latest holes (although we do that too. 
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-Tok [ 09-01-2003: Message edited by: Toktuk ]
If we were going into total. I probably haven't had any virus trouble in 2, or 3 years.quote:
Toktuk had this to say about Robocop:
I don't believe in security through obscurity. You can have a perfectly secure Windows machine using IE and Outlook express. Our network at work is mostly Windows machines. We have 2 Red Hat boxes running mrtg and 1 OpenBSD for sftp. Everything else is Windows and we haven't had any viruses in the time I've been there. No Nimda, Code Red, SQL Slammer, Blaster, or anything else you can come up with. We have good communications guys who know how to properly administer firewalls and IDS's and good Windows admins who keep our servers and machiens patched and up to date. As well as keeping virus definitions up to date. This is for over 1,000 machines on a WAN that covers almost the entire state of Texas. I will admit that there is more to watch out for in the Windows world, but Windows vulnerabilities also receive more coverage than ones in the *NIX world, so you don't have to spend half your day reading BugTraq to keep up with the latest holes (although we do that too.)-Tok
Who said jack about obscurity? 
Eudora isn't obscure.
Having a properly maintained firewall isn't obscure.
Having a properly maintained mail server (with internal virus scan and extensions of .exe, .vbs, .pif and a fre others DENIED) isn't obscure.
Granted I'm dealing with ISP End Lusers. Even though we go through all this hell, we still have people that get them and then whine when I bill them for the removal.
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And I was all like 'Oh yeah?' and Random Insanity Generator was all like:
Who said jack about obscurity?Eudora isn't obscure.
Having a properly maintained firewall isn't obscure.
Having a properly maintained mail server (with internal virus scan and extensions of .exe, .vbs, .pif and a fre others DENIED) isn't obscure.
Granted I'm dealing with ISP End Lusers.
Even though we go through all this hell, we still have people that get them and then whine when I bill them for the removal.
My bad, I thought that's what you were referring to when you made the browser and mail client comment.
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And I was all like 'Oh yeah?' and Skaw was all like:
I say a year, because thats about as long as I've had this one up(My 5th PC overall) and running If we were going into total. I probably haven't had any virus trouble in 2, or 3 years.
I'd say you're just lucky then. Viruses are starting to get more sophiscated - they take advantage of remote holes in Windows that Microsoft hasn't patched. Just because you don't click on strange links in an e-mail doesn't mean you're safe from getting a virus. Blaster was spread just by talking to other Windows boxes. All you had to do was be on the same network as another infected machine to get it. Obviously there's no way you can be 100% secure, but why take chances when you don't need to?
-Tok
He had NO CLUE. Then he downloads AVG. lo and behold, he's a virus breeding ground!
However, a friend of mine just picked up that Blaster virus. She is quite upset. Gave her the stuff to remove it.
Worse case, just reformat everything. Always a nice thing to do for your computer
Haven't had a virus, ever. Never even had one trip my old one that had a prepaid Norton antivirus on it either.
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This one time, at Vorago camp:
I would have virus protection, except all the good ones I can ever seem to find all require moneyz. As a result, I just be carefulHaven't had a virus, ever. Never even had one trip my old one that had a prepaid Norton antivirus on it either.
Try this.
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From the poster formerly known as Toktuk:
My bad, I thought that's what you were referring to when you made the browser and mail client comment.
hehe... For several years I've used KMail from my linux box to check what little mail I give a shit about. When I got to my new job I didn't feel like risking Outlook/Outlook Express so I hauled out my copy of Eudora. I knew that I'd be safe from a good chunk of email borne virii that way, plus installing Nortin Internet Security on the box (might as well, it's got a permanent link) helped cover everything else.
It was over a week before I started seeing Blaster hits against my box at work. 134 to 139 is blocked at the router and it took people a while to bring it in from the outside (work laptops at home, dialup to an alternate ISP that's not firewalled, etc, etc).
