Blaster Worm & Reloading

[George]

Will it be possible to get rid of the Blaster Worm if i
reload my computer.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

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.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone