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| Thread ID: 36540 | 2003-08-12 22:55:00 | Keep up with your patches - RPC worm spreading fast | PressF1 User (1065) | Press F1 |
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| 167284 | 2003-08-13 22:38:00 | And here was me hating WindowsME on my home PC :) | Zippity (58) | ||
| 167285 | 2003-08-14 01:27:00 | > And here was me hating WindowsME on my home PC :) I also have Win ME :) |
stu140103 (137) | ||
| 167286 | 2003-08-14 01:53:00 | Windows ME can face other problems unfortunately... And YES people who don't care about what they do... update your system, I've had over 25 calls on this in one day, and I'm travelling too much just with my own personal PC Fixing CD that has a wide range of tools for fixing and keeping the system protected, hopefully they've now realised the reason why keeping updated is good, it doesn't waste their time and it doesn't waste mine. This worm is good for business, but for me to run around all day is not fun for something that takes only a few minutes to fix. It's quicker to install the patches than wait on me. |
Kame (312) | ||
| 167287 | 2003-08-14 02:47:00 | I get mad when people blame Microsoft for the problem. Don't blame them and dont blame people for not downloading patches. The person to blame is the scum who writes the worm and sends it. Would you blame yourself if you didn't have any ammunition for your gun(you got lazy and didn't replace it after hunting). Later on you had a home invasion and your whole family got murdered. cheers tedheath |
tedheath (537) | ||
| 167288 | 2003-08-14 02:56:00 | I think that example is a little extreme.. But none-the-less, both parties are at fault.. All parties really. For starters, my parents should have been updating their PC with the Patches. Second, Microsoft should really have found out about this problem a long time ago, seeing as it affects WinNT, 2K, XP, and .NET Server 2k3!!! Lastly is the writer.. who obviously (Like myself) thinks that its a bit of a joke that things like this which can be so harmful, are left un-patched or un-discovered for so long! To add to your little example there.. Who left the Windows next to the front door open for the raiders to come through? |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 167289 | 2003-08-14 03:42:00 | Seen you are all blaming Microsoft &/or your self for not updating & as well the Windows crashes you get, Microsoft is blaming third party code for the Windows crashes You can read more about It here (www.zdnet.com.au ) Also half the problem is that end users do NOT update their computers or people do not use their Common sense when opening e-mail attachments or they do not run a Antivirus /firewall Programs!! Or even some times if they do apply a SP/ patch’s then they remove the SP &/or patch’s because they slow down there computer or something goes bad with it etc…. a good example is PoWa & others on Press F1….& every where in the word who is running a un patch computer ( sorry PoWa for using you as a example) Ok I have to say some times Microsoft do stuff up but most of the time they do(most of the time) fix the problems. |
stu140103 (137) | ||
| 167290 | 2003-08-14 12:22:00 | > (3) Yes vk_dre - according to information put out on > several forums a firewall (properly configured) will > indeed help prevent this worm from entering, or > exiting the system. Windows XP has the ICF (internet > connection firewall), which can be turned on. > Zonealarm will notify of both inbound and outbound > traffic if the program hasn't been given access > rights (that is, if the msblast.exe tries to connect > to the internet) > The actual setting for ICF in XP is found in Start + > Settings + Network Connections + right click your > connection icon and choose properties + click the > advanced tab + click in the Internet Connection > Firewall box (to turn it on). I alread knew all that, i just asked in the sense of wot port to block. :) Cos on the websites it hinted to firewalls that had not "served the purpose" so i wondered wot ports had to be blocked. Thanks anyway. :) |
vk_dre (195) | ||
| 167291 | 2003-08-14 12:38:00 | lol Stu. The bad guys can try and get me all they want. Running ADSL Router with NAT and SPI firewall with Intrusion Detection Systems turned On. Inbehind that all internet traffic is routed through a 486DX running Smoothwall 1.0 before it gets to my pc. When the data finally gets to my pc, it finds Norton Internet Security (configured properly) and everything set to high defense. And then I've also got Norton Antivirus. Bring it on!!! :D And btw, I haven't been affected by this worm or any other worms/viruses/security alerts/ or even been hacked since I put this system in place. |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 167292 | 2003-08-14 22:08:00 | PoWa: are you sure it is the service packs that slow your PC down so much and not all that lot that data needs to wade through to get to you? :p :D | Susan B (19) | ||
| 167293 | 2003-08-15 04:30:00 | Absolutely positive its the service packs Susan :p My computer is quite fast without the thing. Only internet traffic is really slowed down by that firewall system. :) | PoWa (203) | ||
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