watch out fellow members
i think there is a new nasty worm floating around in the www. i caught it today and basically it just keeps restarting my computer which is very annoying. hopefully the updates i just did put a stomp to it.
however, i would encourage everyone to do microsoft system updates just in case. perhaps a fellow member who knows much more then i do can help with the cause? the worm i got was named lsass.exe i believe. hopefully its gone now. i did find a site which can help prevent or solve the problems here. http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_125007.htm i hope this link helps you out! i don't wish this to happen to anyone else, so protect while you still can! :) |
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thanks aqua. i knew someone would know more then me. :) i did manage to get rid of it going to that link i provided and running that stinger program. it even found some other nasty things i didn't know i had.
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Gentlefolk,
Don't you just LOVE the folk who make these programs? |
Yeah, I love em. I'd love to see em staked spread eagle, naked, over a fire ant hill, with honey smeared over them, in the middle of day, and left there for 3 days.
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As always just keep your antivirus software up to date and make sure you install all the security fixes from Microsoft.
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Thanks Scorp and Aqua...
I had 15 critical updates to do... so relieved that I didn't have any viruses and such.. thank goodness :) those mean little worms. |
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yeah Sasser was done by the "SkyNet Team" who are also responsible for the approx 30 and countying NetSky viruses and variants. A great place to stay on top of this stuff is http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/ Also, if there are any other Mac users besides me out there, Apple had a large-ish security update today for 10.2.8 and 10.3.3. |
The BBC, Reuters, and the Associated Press are all reporting that a Teenager has confessed in Germany, and is now in custody for having created Sasser.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...y_computer_worm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3695857.stm http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/040508/tech...m_arrest_5.html German story: http://www.ksta.de/servlet/CachedCo...id=994342720546 |
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