windows xp worm

[maryc]

My mother bought a computer last week with XP
preinstalled, while setting it up,it became infected with
the blaster worm. The store it was purchased from is
requiring $40 to fix it. If she purchases another computer
what steps need to be taken initally to prevent this from
reoccuring? Thanks for any advice given.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Mary;
A firewall will prevent it.
Follow this link to get rid of Blaster (Free and easy and takes less
than an hour including time to download fix etc)
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/blaster.htm

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

What You Should Know About the Blaster Worm and Its Variants
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp

Consider purchasing a good Internet Security program,
such as Symantec's Norton Internet Security 2004.

Norton Internet Security 2004
http://www.symantec.com/sabu/nis/nis_pe/features.html

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| My mother bought a computer last week with XP
| preinstalled, while setting it up,it became infected with
| the blaster worm. The store it was purchased from is
| requiring $40 to fix it. If she purchases another computer
| what steps need to be taken initally to prevent this from
| reoccuring? Thanks for any advice given.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Never, ever access the Internet without a firewall turned on. It takes about two seconds to get
stung.
Make sure you have all the latest Windows Updates.
MSBLASTER
http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=WORM_MSBLAST.A

W32.Blaster.Worm
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html

Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

 

[maryc]

Thanks so much for the help. I read your info & other
posts & think I might can fix it, but I'll need to be
online to do it & since it's infected & constantly
rebooting, I may have to shoot it....I can't do this in
safemode can I? Thanks again for all the help.... I think
I'll stick with my windows ME!!

-----Original Message-----
Never, ever access the Internet without a firewall turned

on. It takes about two seconds to get

 

[HK]

Ending the Worm process
1.. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete once.
2.. Click Task Manager.
3.. Click the Processes tab.
4.. Double-click the Image Name column header to alphabetically sort the
processes.
5.. Scroll through the list and look for Msblast.exe.
6.. If you find the file, click it, and then click End Process.
7.. Exit the Task Manager.