| If your system is continually rebooting (randomly powering off) please follow the steps outlined below Please execute the following steps to start your system in safe mode: Shut down your computer. Turn it back on again, and hold down the F8 key while your system starts. When prompted, select Safe Mode and press enter (do not select Safe Mode With Networking) If prompted, select the Operating System displayed (default Operating System should be highlighted). Next, determine which operating system you are using. Since Microsoft has different patches to protect each operating system, you will need to know which one you have. Click on the Start button, go up to Settings and select Control Panel. From there, double-click the System icon. The window displayed will indicate which system is being used (Windows 2000, Windows XP, etc.) Please execute the following steps to disable the worm from starting: Click on the Start button and select Run In the Run prompt, type regedit and press enter Click on the plus sign (+) next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. Then, click on the plus sign next to Software. Click on the plus sign next to Microsoft. Again, click on the plus sign next to Windows. Click on the plus sign next to CurrentVersion. In the CurrentVersion list, click on the word Run. Look for msblast.exe, so that it is highlighted, and hit the delete key on your keyboard. Select Yes to confirm deletion choice. Exit the Registry editor (click the X in the upper right hand corner). Restart your computer (but this time in "normal" mode - not Safe Mode).
Click this link and save the file to your desktop.
After the file has saved to your desktop, select Open on the Download Complete window. This will launch the Symantec W32.Blaster.Worm.Fix Tool Click the Start button displayed on the Symantec W32.Blaster.Worm.Fix Tool. The tool will begin analyzing your files and folders for the worm and may take several minutes to complete. When it has finished, you will be prompted with a window to install a patch that will protect your system from this and similar vulnerabilities. Click Yes to go to the Microsoft site directly. Download the Microsoft patch If not automatically redirected, please navigate to [ http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-026.asp ]" Click on the link for your installed Operating System Click download on the right side of the page Choose Run from this location Confirm security warning pop-up by clicking Yes Follow pop-up instructions and reboot by clicking Finish
:Applies to W2000, ME, XP and NT4.0
:Now working my backup computer because the primary is
:fubar. Symptom was slow operation and it would reboot every 10 minutes or so. Went to the microsoft site and installed the hotfix. Not good. Did a bunch of other stuff like system restore. Not good. Computer will not even go online. Went to Symantec and downloaded their fix on a floppy using this machine. No go. Uninstalled the Microsoft Hotfix. Tried the Symantec fix. No go. Gave up. I'm giving it a rest. Thinking I may have to do a system recovery to recover to factory shipped programs. Then have to re-install all my other programs. Not good.
:Moral: Do not install the MS patch after infection.
:Symantic fix:
:[ http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html ]
:MSNBC has links to a fix, manual fix, and the patch.
:[ http://www.msnbc.com/news/951393.asp?0cv=TB10#BODY ]
:Do not install MS patch before fix. If not infected install the MS patch for your system now.
:[ http://microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-026.asp ]
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