Additional info for users...
Stinger fro NAI-McAfee
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/ will
detect and remove over 40 of these nasty recent viruses and
worms. It is a free download and will fit on and run from a
floppy or your hard drive.
SpyBot S&D version 1.3.5 is available at
www.majorgeeks.com
Look for the spyware tools button on the left side of the
page, then scroll to SpyBot. It will work very well.
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| Kerri wrote:
| > I just upgraded from win98 to winxp and all went well
| > until I went on internet. Every time I get on internet,
| > my computer pops up with box after 20 minutes saying
| > something about my RPC and it is shutting down my
| > computer in 30 seconds. It shuts my computer off. What
| > does this mean and how do I fix it?
|
| It means you missed the news.
| Which is, in itself, frightening.
|
| Congratulations! You have a virus!
|
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sasser.worm.html
|
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sasser.b.worm.html
|
| There are removal instructions there for both versions
| (including tools to help you.)
| Know that even if you have the normal updates for Norton,
the definitions
| for "B" through "D" were added by May 4. You can go to
Symantec's site and
| get the
| manual update if you like.
|
| If it starts to shutdown on you, click Start > Run, and
enter "shutdown -a".
| (no quotes.) That will stop the shutdown and let you
continue fixing.
|
| Note that Microsoft is not sending you patches in emails
nor should you EVER
| open attachments you did not expect in emails. You simply
posted your
| un-munged email address to the thousands of newsgroups
that this is spread
| to around the world and it has been "harvested".
|
|
| My other suggestions to you include:
|
| Please Notice that if you use AOL, you should at least
upgrade to 9.0 or
| greater before doing any of the fixes. I know you can get
AOL 9.0 at almost
| any convenience store, gas station, super market or other
retail outlet in
| the world, so this should not be a problem.
|
|
| Turn on that firewall...
|
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/home/using/howto/homenet/icf.asp
| (It has been reported that it now works with AOL 9.0+)
|
|
| Make sure you have all the updates (critical) installed
from:
|
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
| (Scan for updates, Review and Install)
|
|
| Get rid of the spy/ad/mal-ware..
| (Yes - using MORE than one of these..
| I recommend at least the first three. Also..
| UPDATE the definitions for them before using.)
|
| Spybot Search and Destroy
|
http://www.safer-networking.net/
|
| Lavasoft AdAware
|
http://www.lavasoft.de
|
| CWSShredder
|
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
|
| Hijack This!
|
http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/
|
| I also like "The Cleaner" and "SpywareBlaster" and
"SpywareGuard".
| -
http://www.moosoft.com/
| -
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/
|
| The first is a PAY product, but useable for 30 days - it
has found and
| eliminated problems in the past the others did not. The
latter two are
| prevention mechanisms. SpywareBlaster is a FANTASTIC free
product, I
| suggest
| getting this after you cleanup and keeping it updated as
well....
|
| And Assortment of Others:
|
http://spywareinfo.com/
|
| ALSO - Be sure to IMMUNIZE after you clean up.
SpywareBlaster and Spybot
| Search and destroy both have these features - use both!
|
|
| After you cleanup your PC somewhat of spy/ad/mal-ware,
verify your antivirus
| software is updated and run a full scan of your computer.
If you have no
| antivirus software - get one NOW! Grisoft AntiVirus:
|
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php
|
|
| Empty your Temporary Internet Files and shrink the size it
stores to about
| 80 to 120MB (seems to be an optimal size for the normal
user)
|
| - Open ONE copy of Internet Explorer.
| - Select TOOLS -> Internet Options.
| - Under the General tab in the "Temporary Internet Files"
section,
| do the following:
| - Click on "Delete Cookies" (click OK)
| - Click on "Settings" and change the
| "Amount of disk space to use:" to something between
80MB
| and 120MB. (Betting it is MUCH larger right now.)
| - Click OK.
| - Click on "Delete Files" and select to
| "Delete all offline contents" (the checkbox) and click
| OK. (If you had a LOT, this could take 2-10 minutes or
| more.)
| - Once it is done, click OK, close Internet Explorer
| - Re-open Internet Explorer.
|
|
| Uninstall any software you do not use often/ever. (If you
have something
| installed but never use it, uninstall it.) If you go
through Control
| Panel -> Add/Remove Programs and see things you seldom if
ever use, it is to
| your advantage to remove it.
|
|
| Also, if you are tired of Web Page Pop-Ups/Unders.. You
could try the
| Google Toolbar.
|
http://toolbar.google.com/
|
|
| Stop loading applications at logon.. run MSCONFIG and look
under the startup
| tab for things you DON'T want to startup! Search the
Internet with Google
| to discover what things are safe to remove and what things
may even be
| malware infecting your computer.
|
|
| Better control your email and lessen the amount of time
you spend dealing
| with SPAM:
| SpamBayes
|
http://sourceforge.net/projects/spambayes/
| or
| Spamihilator.
|
http://www.spamihilator.com
|
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