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Message: [QUOTE="Bruce Chambers, post: 492344"] Greetings -- If you connected the PC to the Internet without having first installed the KB824146 Hotfix, without having first installed an antivirus application with current virus definition files, and before enabling a firewall, you're very likely to get infected from any of the thousands of PCs on the Internet that are constantly broadcasting the Blaster and/or Welchia worms. It only takes a few seconds of exposure. To stay on-line long enough to get the necessary updates, patches, and removal tools, click Start > Run, and enter "shutdown -a" when the next RPC countdown begins. This will abort the shut down. Also, make sure you've enabled a firewall before starting, to preclude any more intrusions while getting the updates/patches/tools. Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-39 [URL]http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=824146[/URL] What You Should Know About the Blaster Worm [URL]http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp[/URL] W32.Blaster.Worm a.k.a. W32/Lovesan.Worm [URL]http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html[/URL] W32.Blaster.Worm Removal Tool [URL]http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.removal.tool.html[/URL] W32.Welchia.Worm a.k.a. W32/Nachi.Worm [URL]http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.welchia.worm.html[/URL] W32.Welchia.Worm Removal Tool [URL]http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.welchia.worm.removal.tool.html[/URL] McAfee AVERT Stinger [URL]http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=stinger[/URL] Bruce Chambers -- Help us help you: You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. -- RAH [/QUOTE]

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