Have the machines been kept fully patched at Windows Update? Probably
not...
1 in 3 Windows PCs vulnerable to worm attack
"The worm that has infected several million Windows PCs is causing havoc
because nearly a third of all systems remain unpatched 80 days after
Microsoft Corp. rolled out an emergency fix, a security expert said
today..."
http://www.computerworld.com/action/...icleId=9126038
More:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/...icleId=9126038
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
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Tom wrote:
> I work for both a computer repair shop in Vermont (part-time) and an
> internet
> service provider, both of which are having customers call in and tell us
> that their
> internet is no longer working, yet their nic shows connected and they can
> ping
> yahoo, google, etc with successful replies. NO browsers work.
>
> 12 calls now within the past 24 hours.
>
> -Cleared arp cache using dos method
> -reset security settings and advanced ie settings
> -completed winsockfix
> -flushed dns cache
> -checked/emptied hosts file
>
> It effects wired and wireless connections, produces no errors within
> browsers,
> just blank white window. Latest Mcafee and Norton definitions in place
> with
> all
> the latest windows updates.
>
> Thanks in advance, good luck!