I first reported svchost was hogging all the memory on the
Windows 200 Professional op system, making system
unbearably slow, and it was suggested that the Blaster
virus was present. It was and many thanks for that to this
newsgroup !!! Now second problem exists.
I downloaded Symantec fix and ran and removed virus.
I could not run the tool to "plug the hole" as it said I
needed service pack 2 or later. I downloaded service pack 4
(the latest) and subsequently tried service pack 3, but
when I try to run these, I get to the "inspecting your
system" stage and then the update just disappears, stops
completely, no pop up or message or anything. Blaster is
gone but I cannot seem to run the updates ??? Do I have
some other virus present ? Whereas svchost.exe was taking
70% of CPU when doing nothing, now its down to 30 or 40
occassionally..
any ideas at all please ? surely I dont have to run service
pack 2, then 3 then 4 to get to the latest update ? maybe
2000 professional is slightly diff to 2000 ? I dont know
and would appreciate any ideas ?
best regards
Larry Kennedy
New Zealand

Hi Larry,

When you install SP4, you don't need SP3. SP4 takes care of that.

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Happy Holidays,
don
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"Larry Kennedy" <larry_kennedy@hotmail> wrote in message
news:388a01c3c8b7$c00e0320$(E-Mail Removed)...
I first reported svchost was hogging all the memory on the
Windows 200 Professional op system, making system
unbearably slow, and it was suggested that the Blaster
virus was present. It was and many thanks for that to this
newsgroup !!! Now second problem exists.
I downloaded Symantec fix and ran and removed virus.
I could not run the tool to "plug the hole" as it said I
needed service pack 2 or later. I downloaded service pack 4
(the latest) and subsequently tried service pack 3, but
when I try to run these, I get to the "inspecting your
system" stage and then the update just disappears, stops
completely, no pop up or message or anything. Blaster is
gone but I cannot seem to run the updates ??? Do I have
some other virus present ? Whereas svchost.exe was taking
70% of CPU when doing nothing, now its down to 30 or 40
occassionally..
any ideas at all please ? surely I dont have to run service
pack 2, then 3 then 4 to get to the latest update ? maybe
2000 professional is slightly diff to 2000 ? I dont know
and would appreciate any ideas ?
best regards
Larry Kennedy
New Zealand

Run another update and see if you might need to install some security hotpatches. When you
get the list, read each one to see if you need it.

--
Happy Holidays,
don
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"Larry Kennedy" <larry_kennedy@hotmail> wrote in message
news:388a01c3c8b7$c00e0320$(E-Mail Removed)...
I first reported svchost was hogging all the memory on the
Windows 200 Professional op system, making system
unbearably slow, and it was suggested that the Blaster
virus was present. It was and many thanks for that to this
newsgroup !!! Now second problem exists.
I downloaded Symantec fix and ran and removed virus.
I could not run the tool to "plug the hole" as it said I
needed service pack 2 or later. I downloaded service pack 4
(the latest) and subsequently tried service pack 3, but
when I try to run these, I get to the "inspecting your
system" stage and then the update just disappears, stops
completely, no pop up or message or anything. Blaster is
gone but I cannot seem to run the updates ??? Do I have
some other virus present ? Whereas svchost.exe was taking
70% of CPU when doing nothing, now its down to 30 or 40
occassionally..
any ideas at all please ? surely I dont have to run service
pack 2, then 3 then 4 to get to the latest update ? maybe
2000 professional is slightly diff to 2000 ? I dont know
and would appreciate any ideas ?
best regards
Larry Kennedy
New Zealand

Surprise!

Blaster is probably NOT gone if you did not apply the security patch. It
came right back within seconds and re-infected your machine. Either that
or you may have been infected by the welchia worm. It takes less than 20
seconds of being on the `net for an unpatched and/or un-firewalled
machine to get infected by these worms. This is why I always stress to
apply the patch FIRST, then remove the infection. Either that or take
the computer off the `net, run the FixBlast and FixWelch tools, then
apply the SP and the patch before getting back on the `net.

Get a software firewall installed, too. Plenty of free ones out there.

Good luck.

Steve

Larry Kennedy wrote:
> I first reported svchost was hogging all the memory on the
> Windows 200 Professional op system, making system
> unbearably slow, and it was suggested that the Blaster
> virus was present. It was and many thanks for that to this
> newsgroup !!! Now second problem exists.
> I downloaded Symantec fix and ran and removed virus.
> I could not run the tool to "plug the hole" as it said I
> needed service pack 2 or later. I downloaded service pack 4
> (the latest) and subsequently tried service pack 3, but
> when I try to run these, I get to the "inspecting your
> system" stage and then the update just disappears, stops
> completely, no pop up or message or anything. Blaster is
> gone but I cannot seem to run the updates ??? Do I have
> some other virus present ? Whereas svchost.exe was taking
> 70% of CPU when doing nothing, now its down to 30 or 40
> occassionally..
> any ideas at all please ? surely I dont have to run service
> pack 2, then 3 then 4 to get to the latest update ? maybe
> 2000 professional is slightly diff to 2000 ? I dont know
> and would appreciate any ideas ?
> best regards
> Larry Kennedy
> New Zealand