Input Wanted: If You Got Hit By Latest WORM

[Firefox]

I am curious because of the nature of this worm,  how secure the various countermeasures have been in this recent attack.  Your participation is appreciated.

[doder]

you might include "if you DIDN"T get hit by the worm. i use a linux box as router and all ports are closed by default so i am safe unless something brings it in from the outside.

[RadiationBoy]

i was running norton a/v on this computer and that was it. once i got the worm i just installed the ms patch.

[billybob3]

I was only running Norton A/V 2003. But, once the worm hit, it kept wanting to shutdown, in the middle of downloading the damn security update to fix it. BUT, I solved that problem, USING A DOWNLOAD MANAGER :-D Oh ya!

[sigmazeta314]

I didn't get hit at home or work because of BetaONE.  I was online last night and saw the post about the new worm.  I immediately installed the MS patch and updated my virus scan (Mcafee) and that plus Zone Alarm Pro probably kept me from getting infected.  At work I updated the virus scan and installed the patcha nd no infection there either. 

I read on McAfee's site that most recently updated McAfee Virus Scans would pick up the virus as a variant of another virus and keep you safe anyway.  I don't know about this but I didn't get any infection on the computers I use...of course I am religious about keeping my virus scan DAT's up to date.

I know a tech at Best Buy who has been swamped by people bringing in thier computers with this virus and paying at least $30.00 for the tech's to clean thier systems...which takes about 10 minutes each...and he will be staying there al night tonight to get all the computers done.  What a money maker for similar repair places.

Good luck to everyone.

[mikeh420]

A friend got hit by the worm yesterday. No Anti Virus prog installed, uses dial-up conn. (no firewall). Tried to install NAV and Mc Afee, virus was deleting files as they were being installed! Both were ended while installing, then nothing. This is a baddie! Next, I'm going to put his HDD in my machine and then scan it. Just updated my virus defs (NAV) and installed MS patch for RPC problem.

[JacKDynne]

Didn't get hit at home or at work - software firewall and av at home and hardware firewall at work

Block those ports!

/JD

[Bads]

I was hit by this worm two times yesterday 


After doing a clean install of windows after a format, I came to BetaOne for testing my internet connection. When I was reading about this worm, the window appears saying my PC will shutdown 

I restart and have just the time to download the removal tool from Symantec and my PC shutdown again. I turn off my PC, clean with the removal tool and install an antivirus (NOD) + ZA and after that, I was ok

[~*McoreD*~]

I was running only norton antivirus 2003 professional. I suddenly woken up at 02:53am because my pc was restarting. My comptuer was vulnerable because even though i knew a worm was hanging around on the net, i couldn't install the MS patch because i didnt know how to install it in xpsp2. (Otherwise i would have no problem).
Couldn't do anything that morning (weekday) and as soon as i came home from work, i disbled msblast.exe from the msconfig > startup.
Now i got norton personall filewall installed. I still havent restarted the pc to manually install the ms patch.
The computer still gets infected by the worm as soon as the firewall is turned off, and i am just surviving by "shutdown -a" thanks to Sephiroth.
I know my computer is still vulnerable.

[Nemesis]

I was lucky enough in that my anti-virus program caught it in an e-mail from a friend.  I use a Linksys router, McAfee 7.03 Pro, and Kerio Personal Firewall 2.1.5.  I haven't installed the patch from Microsoft yet...