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

Re: Weird actions of blaster? by Pavan

Pavan
Thu Aug 14 15:55:13 CDT 2003

"If you are infected by a Virus:

1.. Disconnect your PC from the internet
2.. We need to stop the RPC service restarting the PC, click HERE for a
visual walkthrough of how to do it or, click START, and then RUN. Type in
SERVICES.MSC and click OK
3.. Scroll down for the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) service and double
click it
4.. Now click on the RECOVERY tab
5.. In the FIRST FAILURE, SECOND FAILURE and SUBSEQUENT FAILURE drop down
boxes, choose TAKE NO ACTION. Now click OK. Your PC will now stay turned on
should the RPC crash
6.. Download a firewall. If you don't have one, Visualante can point you
in the direction of a few good free ones HERE. The Windows XP firewall
doesn't appear to be very affective against this. You can go online now and
not worry about the PC shutting down. If you already have a firewall, click
HERE to see how to configure it to block these attacks
7.. Click on START, then RUN and then type in MSCONFIG. Click OK
8.. Click on the STARTUP tab at the top. Look for WINDOWS AUTO UPDATER or
MSBLAST.EXE and click the tick next to it to stop it running. Now click OK
9.. Restart your PC
10.. Click on START, and then RUN, type in REGEDIT
11.. On the new window, click on EDIT and then FIND. Type in MSBLAST* and
click FIND NEXT
12.. As soon as the search finds an entry, press the DELETE key and remove
it
13.. On your hard drive, go to C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 and remove the
MSBLAST.EXE* file "
------ From http://www.visualante.org/msblast/

Visit: http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp



For more Information Visit http://www.visualante.org/msblast/

"Jeanne" <jeannemurie@nemontel.net> wrote in message
news:01c301c36291$49482270$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> 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
>



Re: Weird actions of blaster? by Pavan

Pavan
Fri Aug 15 11:13:30 CDT 2003

Jeanne,
As of August 14, 2003, several variants of the original worm have been
confirmed that use different file names. Follow these steps to also search
for files that are named Nstask32.exe, Penis32.exe, Teekids.exe,
Winlogin.exe, Win32sockdrv.dll, and Yuetyutr.dll. If any of these files are
found, contact your antivirus software vendor for removal information. For
additional information about these variants, see the following Symantec
Corporation Web sites:
a.. W32.Blaster.C.Worm: Teekids.exe
http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.c.worm.html

b.. W32.Blaster.B.Worm: Penis32.exe
http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.b.worm.html

c.. W32.Randex.E : Nstask32.exe, Winlogin.exe, Win32sockdrv.dll, or
Yyuetyutr.dll
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.randex.e.html

Pavan

"Jeanne" <jeannemurie@nemontel.net> wrote in message
news:047e01c36336$8595b2b0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> Pavan,
>
> I've done all of this but after step 6 I can go no
> farther. As you will notice in my first post there IS
> NOT A msblast.exe in my processes or msconfig, non in my
> registry nothing, it will not show up. Any more ideas? I
> know I have it as my RPC will shut down my computer and
> that my norton warning box will pop up a couple of times
> to tell me I am infected with the msblast.exe but norton
> scan and the fixblast tool will not pick up the
> virus...frustrating! If you would please e-mail me
> privately. jeannemurie@nemontel.net
>
> Jeanne
> >-----Original Message-----
> >"If you are infected by a Virus:
> >
> > 1.. Disconnect your PC from the internet
> > 2.. We need to stop the RPC service restarting the PC,
> click HERE for a
> >visual walkthrough of how to do it or, click START, and
> then RUN. Type in
> >SERVICES.MSC and click OK
> > 3.. Scroll down for the Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
> service and double
> >click it
> > 4.. Now click on the RECOVERY tab
> > 5.. In the FIRST FAILURE, SECOND FAILURE and
> SUBSEQUENT FAILURE drop down
> >boxes, choose TAKE NO ACTION. Now click OK. Your PC will
> now stay turned on
> >should the RPC crash
> > 6.. Download a firewall. If you don't have one,
> Visualante can point you
> >in the direction of a few good free ones HERE. The
> Windows XP firewall
> >doesn't appear to be very affective against this. You
> can go online now and
> >not worry about the PC shutting down. If you already
> have a firewall, click
> >HERE to see how to configure it to block these attacks
> > 7.. Click on START, then RUN and then type in
> MSCONFIG. Click OK
> > 8.. Click on the STARTUP tab at the top. Look for
> WINDOWS AUTO UPDATER or
> >MSBLAST.EXE and click the tick next to it to stop it
> running. Now click OK
> > 9.. Restart your PC
> > 10.. Click on START, and then RUN, type in REGEDIT
> > 11.. On the new window, click on EDIT and then FIND.
> Type in MSBLAST* and
> >click FIND NEXT
> > 12.. As soon as the search finds an entry, press the
> DELETE key and remove
> >it
> > 13.. On your hard drive, go to C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 and
> remove the
> >MSBLAST.EXE* file "
> >------ From http://www.visualante.org/msblast/
> >
> >Visit:
> http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp
> >
> >
> >
> >For more Information Visit
> http://www.visualante.org/msblast/
> >
> >"Jeanne" <jeannemurie@nemontel.net> wrote in message
> >news:01c301c36291$49482270$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> >> 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
> >>
> >
> >
> >.
> >



Re: Weird actions of blaster? by Jeanne

Jeanne
Fri Aug 15 14:00:15 CDT 2003

Pavan,
Thanks again, I will try this when I get home...the only
one that looks like it might be is the Nstask32.exe...If
I do recall that one might have been in my msconfig...I'm
sure the others weren't. I'll give you a holler if I
need anymore help :-) If this doesn't work, I think I'm
going to send it down to my tech and have him re-install
XP, it's about time I did that anyways :-)
Jeanne
>-----Original Message-----
>Jeanne,
> As of August 14, 2003, several variants of the original
worm have been
>confirmed that use different file names. Follow these
steps to also search
>for files that are named Nstask32.exe, Penis32.exe,
Teekids.exe,
>Winlogin.exe, Win32sockdrv.dll, and Yuetyutr.dll. If any
of these files are
>found, contact your antivirus software vendor for
removal information. For
>additional information about these variants, see the
following Symantec
>Corporation Web sites:
> a.. W32.Blaster.C.Worm: Teekids.exe
>
http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.c.worm.
html
>
> b.. W32.Blaster.B.Worm: Penis32.exe
>
http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.b.worm.
html
>
> c.. W32.Randex.E : Nstask32.exe, Winlogin.exe,
Win32sockdrv.dll, or
>Yyuetyutr.dll
>
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w3
2.randex.e.html
>
>Pavan
>
>"Jeanne" <jeannemurie@nemontel.net> wrote in message
>news:047e01c36336$8595b2b0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>> Pavan,
>>
>> I've done all of this but after step 6 I can go no
>> farther. As you will notice in my first post there IS
>> NOT A msblast.exe in my processes or msconfig, non in
my
>> registry nothing, it will not show up. Any more ideas?
I
>> know I have it as my RPC will shut down my computer and
>> that my norton warning box will pop up a couple of
times
>> to tell me I am infected with the msblast.exe but
norton
>> scan and the fixblast tool will not pick up the
>> virus...frustrating! If you would please e-mail me
>> privately. jeannemurie@nemontel.net
>>
>> Jeanne
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >"If you are infected by a Virus:
>> >
>> > 1.. Disconnect your PC from the internet
>> > 2.. We need to stop the RPC service restarting the
PC,
>> click HERE for a
>> >visual walkthrough of how to do it or, click START,
and
>> then RUN. Type in
>> >SERVICES.MSC and click OK
>> > 3.. Scroll down for the Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
>> service and double
>> >click it
>> > 4.. Now click on the RECOVERY tab
>> > 5.. In the FIRST FAILURE, SECOND FAILURE and
>> SUBSEQUENT FAILURE drop down
>> >boxes, choose TAKE NO ACTION. Now click OK. Your PC
will
>> now stay turned on
>> >should the RPC crash
>> > 6.. Download a firewall. If you don't have one,
>> Visualante can point you
>> >in the direction of a few good free ones HERE. The
>> Windows XP firewall
>> >doesn't appear to be very affective against this. You
>> can go online now and
>> >not worry about the PC shutting down. If you already
>> have a firewall, click
>> >HERE to see how to configure it to block these attacks
>> > 7.. Click on START, then RUN and then type in
>> MSCONFIG. Click OK
>> > 8.. Click on the STARTUP tab at the top. Look for
>> WINDOWS AUTO UPDATER or
>> >MSBLAST.EXE and click the tick next to it to stop it
>> running. Now click OK
>> > 9.. Restart your PC
>> > 10.. Click on START, and then RUN, type in REGEDIT
>> > 11.. On the new window, click on EDIT and then FIND.
>> Type in MSBLAST* and
>> >click FIND NEXT
>> > 12.. As soon as the search finds an entry, press the
>> DELETE key and remove
>> >it
>> > 13.. On your hard drive, go to C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32
and
>> remove the
>> >MSBLAST.EXE* file "
>> >------ From http://www.visualante.org/msblast/
>> >
>> >Visit:
>> http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >For more Information Visit
>> http://www.visualante.org/msblast/
>> >
>> >"Jeanne" <jeannemurie@nemontel.net> wrote in message
>> >news:01c301c36291$49482270$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> 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
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>