If the process was stopped it would reboot the machine.
What I was trying to say is that if this guy can't tell there
is something wrong with his machine, he probably won't be
able to fix it either.
Anyway, all is good now.
-----Original Message-----
From: ilug-bounces at linux.ie [mailto:ilug-bounces at linux.ie] On Behalf Of
Ciaran Mac Lochlainn
Sent: 15 January 2004 14:48
To: Irish Linux Users Group
Subject: [OT] Blaster was Re: [ILUG] your account voiverwe
James Cooper wrote:
>I had to disinfect a machine infected with the blaster worm.
>It's all well and good saying "download and patch" but a worm
>like this hogs your connection sending out stuff making the
>download almost impossible. If this guy has a dial-up connection
>he'll have some phone bill waiting for the patch to download.
>>The first step is to use task manager to find and stop the "msblast.exe"
process. That should give you back your bandwidth and make it easier to
download the patch.
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