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Windows is hacking me non-stop! Very weird...
TheQuirk:
No. It was a worm. You didn't install anything (and that's the problem--you needed to install security patches ).
mobrien_12:
quote:Originally posted by Lennon:
Anyway, thanks a lot, i removed it and it seems fine now. I did it without system restore so i hope the worm wont resurect...
What do you think were those 40 megs of uploaded data? Just searching for victims or were they downloading my mp3s or something ?
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Quirk is right. This was not a virus. It was a worm. Think of it as an automated script kiddie self replicating and hacking into all winNT/2k/xp machines connected to the internet without any action on your part. Unless you patch (http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com, accessible only through MSIE) you will get it, or a variant, again.
No matter what OS you run you must apply security patches if it is to be connected to the internet.
This particular worm was a well meaning attempt at countering the msblast worm, but it causes a bunch of problems by iteself. All that data was it trying to copy versions of itself, as well as the patch, to other computers.
flap:
quote:Unless you patch http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com, accessible only through MSIE) you will get it, or a variant, again.
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Not if he has a firewall. It doesn't matter how buggy your system is if it isn't open to the outside world. Unless the firewall is buggy too.
Windows_SuX_@$$:
Why even bother with it?
Just try linux, It's FREE
hm_murdock:
he just said that he's about to get Linux back on the box
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