R Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers Aug 17, 2003 #2 Hi, No, as the unprotected machine will likely be immediately reinfected as soon as you connect to the internet. Besides, if it is already infected, then reloading will not remove it either. Only formatting would - but again that is sort of pointless. Information: http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100499.htm http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html http://www.bigblackglasses.com/Article.aspx?Article=342 You need the patch described here to protect against it: MS03-026: Buffer Overrun in RPC Interface May Allow Code Execution http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=823980 Problem is, you needed to install the patch BEFORE you got infected to avoid it. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
Hi, No, as the unprotected machine will likely be immediately reinfected as soon as you connect to the internet. Besides, if it is already infected, then reloading will not remove it either. Only formatting would - but again that is sort of pointless. Information: http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100499.htm http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html http://www.bigblackglasses.com/Article.aspx?Article=342 You need the patch described here to protect against it: MS03-026: Buffer Overrun in RPC Interface May Allow Code Execution http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=823980 Problem is, you needed to install the patch BEFORE you got infected to avoid it. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
