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    - Variant of MSBlast - Alert for Win9x and other systems According to this bit of info from the Symantec site, there is a variant of the MSBlast Worm which potentially could target the following OS's: W95 / W98 / ME / NT / Win2000 and XP. W32.Randex.E Discovered 12/Aug/2003; Norton Anti-Virus updated 13/Aug/2003 @ 6:23 pm. Symantec Security Response http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.randex.e.html For those you have accessed this advisory with the MS web page, copy and paste this URL into your browser address window. Recommendations are to get the latest AV updates and Definitions. Check for any updates for your Operating System at the Windows Update Page. Block any of the affected ports with a firewall. Thanks to ~PA Bear for bringing this latest bit of info to my attention. LuckyStrike LS@smokedamagedfurniture.youcandriveitawaytoday.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28355
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    - MS03-026 (823980) Scanning Tool Available The following tool has just been released: Microsoft has released a KB 823980 Scanning Tool (KB823980scan.exe) that can be used to scan networks to identify host computers that do not have the 823980 security patch (MS03-026) installed. For additional information about the 823980 security patch (MS03-026), click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 823980 MS03-026: Buffer Overrun in RPC Interface May Allow Code Execution http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;823980 For additional information about a new worm virus that tries to exploit the DCOM RPC vulnerability that is fixed by the 823980 security patch (MS03-026), click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 826955 Virus Alert About the W32.Blaster.Worm Worm http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;826955 Download location: http://microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C8F04C6C-B71B-4992-91F1-AAA785E709DA&displaylang=en The MS03-026 bulletin is being updated now as well. -- Regards, Jerry Bryant - MCSE, MCDBA Microsoft IT Communities Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28352
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    - Firewall if i cant get in the properties of the Internet, then how do i create a firewall??? Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28313
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    - Weird actions of blaster? Or maybe this is normal...I have and have always had my norton up to date for live up date. Then my comptuer pops up with the 'red alert' box from norton that my computer is infected with the blaster worm. I cannot quarantine or anything, only can hit ok. This will always pop up twice in a row. Then I do a system scan in all files for a virus, and it won't show up, I've downloaded the fixblast tool from norton to fix it and it says my computer is not infected. After connecting to the interent my machine gives me the 1 min countdown to restart. I have since turned my RPC to not restart my computer but to restart the service if it's interuppted so I could get the patch put on. Also in my processes the msblast.exe doesn't show up and my registry doesn't have the added key to run the ms blast. My question is how the heck do I get rid of it? Am I going to have to completely reinstall my XP? Thanks for any help! Jeanne Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28304
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    - Weird actions of blaster? Or maybe this is normal...I have and have always had my norton up to date for live up date. Then my comptuer pops up with the 'red alert' box from norton that my computer is infected with the blaster worm. I cannot quarantine or anything, only can hit ok. This will always pop up twice in a row. Then I do a system scan in all files for a virus, and it won't show up, I've downloaded the fixblast tool from norton to fix it and it says my computer is not infected. After connecting to the interent my machine gives me the 1 min countdown to restart. I have since turned my RPC to not restart my computer but to restart the service if it's interuppted so I could get the patch put on. Also in my processes the msblast.exe doesn't show up and my registry doesn't have the added key to run the ms blast. My question is how the heck do I get rid of it? Am I going to have to completely reinstall my XP? Thanks for any help! Jeanne Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28303
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    - Beware the popup ad imitating the blaster worm FYI Last night while browsing web sites I hit a popup ad that created a full screen white window with a dialog that looks very much like the crash dialog for RPCSS complete with a countdown timer. The only difference is there is some small ad text in the bottom of the dialog. It's a fake but it gave me a start. -- Ken Wickes [MSFT] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28294
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    - XP Blast gone but services still cant run Ok everyone check this out...I had the blast.exe removed from my XP home eddition. Attemted to disable the system restore before I reboot. failed. The blast worm appears to be gone in the registry current version_run_ is empty. Upon install of the update I received the "crypo service not running" error, unable to verify .inf file. So when I attempt to start that service it errors saying the dependencies are not running (RPC is that dependency). Cant even view properties of any services. Anyone heard of this? Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28287
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    - Net Admins and Blaster What I find hard to believe is the number of network admins that didn't already have these ports blocked on their internet routers. I read where Maryland's Motor Vehicle Administration shut all its offices at noon. Whoever is in charge of security there should be fired. Remember to set those routers up to deny all and then only open up what you have to. Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28278
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    - question on new virus is windows98 vunrable? and is there a pach for 98? Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28276
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    - blaster worm I wanted to download patch, but was told there were no critical updates for my system. Is there something else I can do? Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28265
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    - Certificate Server Installation Failure - Solution During the installation of Enterprise CA on Windows 2003 stops with error: An error was detected while configuring Certificate Services. The Certificate Services Setup Wizard will need to be rerun to complete the configuration. Certificate Services setup failed with the following error: Windows cannot find the network path. Verify that the network path is correct and the destination computer is not busy or turned off. If Windows still cannot find the network path, contact your network administrator. 0x80070033 (WIN32: 51) Wanted to post the solution I worked through to assist others in the future. After troubleshooting this for awhile I thought that this was being caused by a failed attempt to reach an AD Server even though the error was somewhat generic. All DNS possibilities were looked at and nothing was incorrect, although this was a multihomed server running ISA. I temporarily disabled the Internet NIC and the installation was successful,however I am investigating Event ID 103 Warning which appears to be the only event that this change produced. Hope this will help someone in the future. Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28263
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    - Firewall I already have the MCAffee Firewall installed - do I need to install more security and will it interfere with the MCAfee firewall? Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28262
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    - Outlook Express 6 Team Hi, Has anyone out there heard of this " Team" . I have received a number of emails ( less than 5 ) with the above heading. They usually come with an attachment. The attachment I received today was called Alex-judo1.eml.scr. (72.3KB) I understand that generally the .scr is a screen saver , but why would someone from Microsoft be sending me this? I didn't open it and have deleted the message. Any ideas? Thanks Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28260
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    - Any recent changes in IE Security w/ .NET components? e.g. IEExec? Does anyone know of any recent changes/patches/updates affecting how Internet Explorer handles embedded and "no touch deployment" Windows Forms .NET Controls? I was working on a hosted .NET control a while back (not an ASP.NET control, but a Windows Forms .NET control that is embedded with the <object> tag. It was working very well then. I shelved it and recently came back to it and now ti doesn't show in the page. I also created a container EXE that can run from the same web site that was also working just fine, and now it throws a Security exception, with no useful information as to why. The control and the exe do nothing that required any additional permissions - no file access, etc. Im trying to figure what has changed - could it be that IEExec has been updated to be more "secure"? (in other words, cripple .NET in the browser so it takes the same downward spiral as java applets). It could also be that something was added to the code, but I just tried a new sample with a control containing only a label and no other code, and that failed to. If something has indeed changed, which it appears it has, where can I find more information on it? This needs to be deployed soon as part of an Intranet application, and additional client install needs to be avoided. Sorry for the wide cross-post, but this topic really does cross over several newsgroup boundaries. ________________________________________________________ Luther Miller . MCSD (.NET), Sr Software Architect / Engineer Softagon Corporation . www.softagon.com . San Francisco Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28259
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    - Wireless Security I need clairification on a wireless issue. If 2 seperate LAN systen are running. The first LAN is NOT connected to the Internet for security reasons. The second LAN is using the Wireless Microsoft MN-500 Wireless router and does have an Internet connection through High Speed cable. Can the signal emmisions emmitted from the unshielded CAT5 wireing on LAN(1) be broadcasting inside of the wireless bubble. And if a hacker (with a wireless reciever NIC) gets in into the wireless LAN (which is no doubt possible) could they then grab the packets floating around from LAN system (1). This is what I heard and I'm wondering if this is actually true, because as I understand it, if the hacker connected to the Wireless LAN , which has it's own DNS, DHCP, Gateway and Subnet can they sniff packets that might be floating around that are from an entirely different DNS, DHCP, Gateway and Subnet? Or if they have a wireless reciever NIC can they just scan within the bubble for any packets of information without needing to make a connection to either Network? I hope I explained it properly, but if you would like to help with this situation and need further details, just ask. Thanks Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28256
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    - encryption - combos vs keys question I want to encrypt some documents on my computer, but I don't want to use "combo" encryption, but rather burn a security key to a cd-r so if the CD is in the drive, I can open up the documents without so much as a popup box, but without the cd in the drive, I cannot gain access to the documents. Is there a program out there that can effectively do this? Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28254
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    - blaster virus I don't see as fix for users of M/S ME. Is this system immune from this virus? JR Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28253
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    - Worm I use Windows 98 4.10.1998 Do I need a patch for the worm? Also - does my system have anti-virus software imbedded? Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28250
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    - Reboot-reboot-reboot My computer reboots so quickly that a had to remove the msblast.exe file while running in safe mode. I also deleted that line in the registry. I was never able to "end process" in the Task manager while in normal mode because my computer would not stay on long enough. My computer still reboots. How can I get it to stop. Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28249
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    - microsoft windows server 2003 I am concerned about the "worm". How do I know whether I have microsoft windows server 2003? I have microsoft '98 and I must have a server. Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28246
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    - worm Is there a patch for Windows98? If not do I need to be concerned? Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28242
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    - Any blaster worm security patch for windows98..?? My all users are Windows 98 based. I saw the blaster worm security patch for windows XP/2000/NT. But there is nothing written Windows 98 vunerability regarding this worm or about patch for it. I tried to find online support, but there is no specific email id for writing my query to Microsoft Tech. Support regarding this issue. If somebody knows the answer, then Help me out please..... Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28239
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    - Using Group Name in an Internationalized application. Hi, I am seeking the opinion of people that have implemented the use of Group policies in internationalized applications. In our application we have some core components that have to validate the credentials of users, for instance we check if a user is a member of the "Acme Administrators" group or "Acme Users" user. The problem comes from the fact that in our french version the groups will be named "Acme Administrateurs" and "Acme Usagers", so we cannot search by group name. One obvious solution is to store in the registry the SID's of the variaous groups we have created and lookup by SID's instead of names. Are there any other way? Thank you! Martin Paré Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28237
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    - is that possible ? I have computers in a network behind NAT, do they vulneable to blaster worm, coz they are not infecetd yet? Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28236
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    - anti-MSblast program run, still evidence of worm in system? Sorry if this has been covered and I missed it. We ran the anti-worm program-- which said the worm was found and eliminated. We downloaded/installed the patch. Why when we search files using the search function in XP does it appear that there's a file related to the MSblast worm: msblast.exe-3646SF... C\WINNT\Prefetch with a date and time? This has occured on both of our infected computers. When we search the directory through dos as outlined in one of the instructions sheets on this website, however, it says the virus/worm isn't in the system. Any idea what all this means, and how to straighten it out? Thanks. Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28233
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    - Method of object failed All of my users are running Windows XP Professional. The users who access our license system which uses MTS 1.0 and SQL Server 7.0 are experiencing a problem when trying to use the license system. It seems that when a call is made to the SQL database it brings back the following error: The Error_Num: 2147221503 Error_Sources:licensedata2.clsScreenData() Errors Are: method of '~' of object failed method of '~' of object failed. I noticed other postings here with this same error and SQL related. Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28212
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    - blaster worm and windows Me Is Windows Me vulnerable to the Blaster Worm? Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28211
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    - w32.ircbot virus this virus will not allow excell to run. how do i clean it up. c\winnt\system32\system.exe has been curupted Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28210
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    - about windows xp now i have a message at any time i enter the internet and this message tells me that the conmputer will close after 1 minute and i think this is a virous that attack any NT windows . i want to download the (blaster worm :windows xp security patch ) and i can't download it from windows 98se how can i download this patch using windows 98se? Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28207
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    - NEW SECURITY DOWNLOAD I am a business owner and I have recently followed MS urgent suggestion to download new anti=hacker security program..at the same time, I downloaded the current 2000 Pro updates. PROBLEM>>>>>> Now I cannot receive the attachments from my INsurance Companies that are ESSENTIAL to operate my business...message is "OE has removed potentially harmful attachment" HOW CAN I GET MY E-MAIL ATTACHMENTS BACK??? SOMEONE, please help. I can't figure out how to communicate directly with MS. Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28205
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    - Blaster Worm downloads You can get the Blasterworm patch from this Microsoft website but it will only install the patch on the computer online- you can not download the patch from one computer and install it on another computer. Since my computer can only stay online for a couple of minutes due to this virus, how is anyone supposed to install the patch????? Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28204
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    - Windowsupdate.com I loaded the above update and now I can't open any attachments to E-Mail that I receive. What can I do? Please help. Bill Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28200
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    - blasterworm? I was using a computer that belongs to a friend of mine to check email when all of a sudden it just started rebooting itself. Then I saw the news about this blaster worm. I am a mac user and would like to fix her computer since I'm the one that messed it up. Are there step by step instructions somewhere to get rid of it? She is running Windows XP. Any help would be appreciated since I am not that familiar with the OS. Thankyou. Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28182
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    - Microsoft's Milestone Q: Better testing for Office, but not Windows? What gives? What is going on with Trust Worthing for all Microsoft product lines, especially Windows? Look at this article about Microsoft's new Milestone Q program to do better testing of Office 2003 before it is released. http://www.crn.com/sections/News/top_news.asp?ArticleID=43822 Why is microsoft only applying new tight testing policies with Office Only? Why are they not applying the same new basic tighter engineering and testing requirements for ALL products? -- Hector Santos WINSERVER "Wildcat! Interactive Net Server" support: http://www.winserver.com sales: http://www.santronics.com Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28178
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    - Security Downloads fm MS On viewing CNBC (Liz Claymans Financial Program) she stated that one of the security downloads from MS would prevent the user from viewing any "attachments" sent by others E-mail. My Outlook Express is experienceing this right now. I get the OU symbol in the upper left corner when I try to view an "attachment".....Thanks, Charlie Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28175
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    - supposed attack on the windows update site this saturday 16th august 2003 can anyone tell me what is the likelyhood of being infected with the hacker attempt of the windows update site this saturday. as i believe the attack will be in the form of a worm that is designed to attack internet explorer . unfortunetely i am not able to acces online the windows update patches list at this time (although i am fully updated until july 2003) i am worried that when i go back online i wont have been able to install the necessary update that is required (if it is required) before the 16th and so if anyone can shed some light on this subject - which patch i need - i would be most grateful. regards LC Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28171
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    - Server failed after 03-026 patch applied Hello all, We have a SQL2K Ent. running on W2K Adv Eng. It also has office97 installed because it needs to run night job to generate report in Excel format by calling Excel library in ocx files. Excel return error saying "-2147417851 (Method "~" of object "~" failed). It worked fine before the applying the patch. Please help help !!! Gary Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28170
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    - SQL server failed to call Excel's library after ms03-026 patch applied Hello, We have a SQL2K Ent. on W2K Eng. Adv server. This server also has MS-Office97 installed because it needs to run a night job and call Excel's library to generate reports in Excel format. It failed to do that after the patch been applied. Excel returns error message shows "-2147417851 (Method "~" of object "~" failed) Please help!! Gary Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28169
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    - Cant Untick the "do not allow attachments to be saved" in outlook express Ok heres my problem. In outlook express 6 i cant untick the box that says "do not allow attachments to be saved or opened". The box is just greyed out with a tick in it. I hear alot of people saying that they get ask this question all day, But how about this one? I cant save any email attacments because of this. Any help will be good. Gumboot -- Posted via http://dbforums.com Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28167
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    - Porn Spam Mail Please can somebody tell me where to download a spam protector to stop the huge volumes of Porn Spam that is delivered to my Outlook Express inbox almost every hour of the day and night! Thanks Peter Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28164
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    - Pls help for JS/Fortnight.gen@M We would like to highlight that irespective of the client having microsoft outlook patch installed or not , Groupshield 5.0 with sp2 on Exchange 5.5 with sp4 does not detect the virus email in the first place when the email arrives at the exchange server . Only when the virus comes to the users mail box and he opens the email in outlook express ,it gets popped up . We would like to inform that we have checked the same infected email when sent to exchage 2000 with sp3 and groupsheild 5.2 it gets detected and cleaned before reching to the users mail box . Groupsheild generates a alert message also . Kindly pls work out the solution ASAP to resolve the issue at the GROUPSHEILD 5.0 with SP2. Thanks Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28163
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    - Ok I haven't done anything and for some reason when I boot I get an error "NTLDR HP XP system. Is there a quick fix? Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28162
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    - Blaster Worm I have windows XP home edition and it automatically asks me to update my computer with the latest patches. My question is how can I tell on my computer whether I have the recommended MS03-026 patch already installed. TIA, Helena Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28161
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    - NTLDR Ok I haven't done anything and for some reason when I boot I get an error "NTLDR is missing Press Ctl+Alt+Del to restart" and it won't boot. I have tried safe mode but I can't even get to the boot screen just the error. Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28158
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    - RATE MY ANTI WORM IDEA (microsoft vs Worm) why doesnt microsoft use its port 135 weakness to its advantage and send's the patch to everyone's computer just like the worm is spreading?> then have the patch automatically install itself into a computer, whether its infected or not. then when its done. it shoots of to another computer. like the virus it spreads, but unlike the virus it would always win. what do u guys thinK? is it even possible? soon enough the patch would be everywhere, the virus would be destroyed.!!!! Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28154
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    - Help with MSBLASTER Worm I am unable to connect to the download site to receive the patch for the worm. When I follow the recommended course of action of modifying the settings on my network connection to enable TCP/IP filtering and permit only I am unable to access the web via Internet Explorer once I reboot. How may I receive the patch for installation on my workstation. Would it be possilbe to have the patch e- mailed to me? Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28150
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    - WORM (Blaster) I am running windows 95 - Do I need to do anything about this new Blaster Worm Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28144
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    - HELP! I try to load the patch for the worm virus and i get a message saying The WINDOWS2000_KB823980_X86_ENU(1).EXE file is linked to missing export NTDLL.DLL:NtShutdownSystem Please help me! What does it mean? How do i fix it? Any sort of help would be appreciated at this point. Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28143
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    - Unable to access https:// (SSL) sites with either IE or Netscape Boy, is this one a doozy. Hopefully I found the right board for this. We're running on Windows Millenium Edition and using a 256KB cable modem for internet access. I've downloaded both Internet Explorer 6 SP1 and Netscape 7.1, which were updates to this computer. We've checked the encryption on IE6, which shows cipher strength of 128 bits. Yet neither IE nor Netscape has been able to access any site with an https:// (SSL) tag (including but not limited to: .NET Passport, Union Planters online, SprintPCS, Clout.com, etc.) for the last week or two on this computer. I've checked with HP's support site (the computer is an HP system), and they sent a detailed suggestion that I followed in full, and it ended up not solving the problem. I've called Madison Telecommunications (our ISP), and they sent me the IE High Encryption Pack 4.0, but it was not valid for Windows ME, so THAT didn't work. Posting on this board seems like our last option. If there is anyone out there who may know why we're unable to access these (and other) SSL sites and how to correct the problem or knows someone who DOES (we know for sure that it's not msblast.exe, it's nowhere to be found on our system), your help is needed, wanted, and fully appreciated by myself and the rest of the family here. This has been driving us up the wall as of late. Thanks! Tyler Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28142
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    - how do I get rid of this Have you been hit with unwanted advertising or Spam? The message you received is the newest form of internet spam. You don't have to have an email account or even a web browser. You received this message due to a built in feature that Microsoft included in Windows XP, 2000, and NT. I keen getting this pop up message on my desk top asking me to go to www.endads.com Help please Tag: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 Tag: 28128

Dear Sir,

I notice from reading the description on # 823559 ("
Blaster Worm: Critical Security Patch") that the Blaster
or LovSan patch available from Microsoft is needed if you
have the softward for either Window NT 4.0., Windows 2000,
Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. Is it needed if you
have Windows 98, 2nd Edition as I have?

Donald B. Gilchrist

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Re: The Blaster Microsoft patch available from # 823559 necessary for Microsoft 98 by Christopher

Christopher
Sat Aug 16 13:13:33 CDT 2003

On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:21:23 -0700, "Donald B. Gilchrist"
<dbgilchrist@juno.com> wrote:

>Dear Sir,
>
>I notice from reading the description on # 823559 ("
>Blaster Worm: Critical Security Patch") that the Blaster
>or LovSan patch available from Microsoft is needed if you
>have the softward for either Window NT 4.0., Windows 2000,
>Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. Is it needed if you
>have Windows 98, 2nd Edition as I have?
>
>Donald B. Gilchrist

And by the way, thank you for specifying in your subject line that your
are asking about Windows 98 vulnerability. In trying to learn about this
latest threat, I downloaded a long series of messages with subjects like
"Blaster question" or "MS03-026 Patch" only to find that many of them asked
the same question about Win98 or ME. (I'm running Windows NT4.)

Chris Winter

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