Heads Up.

[Qtec]

Blaster has been spreading across the Internet since Monday. Security experts in Europe Wednesday reported that the worm, which targets computers running on Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT and Server 2003 software, was still infecting machines, though at a slower rate

Get protected . Get the patch and download a remove tool now.while you still can.

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[eg8r]

I haven't had the time lately to find the patch, all I have been doing is disallowing the msblaster.exe to access the internet. So far so good.

eg8r

[Qtec]

worm killer/ cleaner



http://www.bitdefender.com

Q

[eg8r]

Thanks Q. I just finished patching my system. I found this site also, with pretty easy to understand instructions.
Computer patch (http://www.everdream.com/Services/WormMSBlast_QuickFix.asp)

eg8r

[Qtec]

Apparently, on Saturday, every pc thats infected will start sending packets [ ? ] of info to the MS site, with all the consequences thereof.
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/08/13/internet.blaster.reut/index.html


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[Ralph S.]

For the computer dummies like me, does this also affect Windows ME? Will I also need to get anything from the computer store to fix this if I get it?

[Qtec]

I,m no expert but I think you are OK. I didnt see ME mentioned .

q