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RE: [RC] Bad worm that I got and so did my daughter Jocelyn on a brand new Dell she just got today! - Don and Pam Bowen

Jackie,

It's ok, even though I asked for private emails.  The reason is that even
though I'm a little more than computer literate, it's not like I'm an IT
person and I can't explain why the "code" works, it was just easier for me
to pass the information to others on a personal level as "hearsay" from
Earthlink :).  It's the 2nd most positive thing that's happened since I was
laid off my job of 13 years, I had time to sit on hold, for hours!!!  The
1st positive is I've had the pleasure of spending lots of time with the
herd!

The answer to Heidi's question is in your reply.  The worm has infected the
web, when the web is surfed the worm looks for vulnerable computers and
attacks.  Your mistake with copying everybody may have helped, from what
I've been hearing, time is of the essence, hate to lose any of those RC
posts!!!!  Glad your computers are well again!

And to all you RC posters, if you have Windows 2000, NT or XP, get to the
Microsoft website and download the patch, pronto, because it really sucks
when it gets your computer and, for selfish reasons, I really enjoy all the
RC posts!

Pam

-----Original Message-----
From:   ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]  On Behalf Of Typef
Sent:   Wednesday, August 13, 2003 5:33 PM
To:     heidi sowards
Cc:     Ride Camp
Subject:        Re: [RC]   Bad worm that I got and so did my daughter Jocelyn 
on a
brand new Dell she just got today!

My daughter said her new Dell laptop came today via Fed-Express and she
hooked it up to the internet and surfed an art site.

And sorry I copied all this to ridecamp from Pam. I forgot the ridecamp
address was in my email box and I sent it to all!!

----- Original Message -----
From: "heidi sowards" <ribbitttreefrog@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Typef" <typef@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] Bad worm that I got and so did my daughter Jocelyn on a
brand new Dell she just got today!



Can I ask how the computors get this worm in the first
place? Seeing how a brand new comp. had it, can't imagine
it was through an e-mail.

thanks heidi


--- Typef <typef@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hey everyone ...

I'm sending this out to everyone because time is of the
essense on this. If you have Windows 2000, XP or NT4 (and
there may be a couple of others) you need to go get this
patch before you can't. It fixed Jocelyn's computer.

If the link to the page at the bottom splits into two
lines, make sure you type the 03-026.asp after you copy
and paste the first line as it won't pick it up if you
copy and paste both lines into your web browser.

:) Jackie
Web Administrator for:
www.JohnnyCash.com
www.AutographCollector.com
www.SergioLeone.net
www.PlanetShandar.com
Shandar SkinCare:
www.wetrack4u.com/p/goshandar/link.cgi?100ND


Here you go, I'm just doing a copy/paste of what I sent
others.  Remember,
when it's time to type you have to complete the sequence
before the 60
seconds are up.  Lots of folks are getting hit, but I
haven't had much
feedback yet as to whether or not this is working for
everyone else, if it
is working then folks are probably busy catching up, or,
perhaps they are
suspicious and are waiting.  Either way, you have to get
the patch.  Worse
case, call around to friends that live near you, if they
haven't been
affected yet ask them to download the patch for the
system you use to a
floppy.  When you get the floppy (already have a friend
that tried this)
don't try to install from the floppy.  Put the file on
your desktop first
then install from there.  Good luck, if you're not clear
on something let me
know, Pam

They're calling it a worm now, it's all over the news,
plus they say that by
this Sat. it'll prevent you from getting to the MS
website to get the patch.
McAfee finally sent me something on it, I hear Norton
(Symantec) is not
commenting until tomorrow.
Your job is to logon and start immediately trying to get
to the MS website
and find your download.  This download takes awhile so if
your computer is
in the shape mine was in you'll get the countdown to
shutdown before you
even get to the site.  Warning, we had to try a couple of
times.  Had to
reboot once, another time Internet Explorer said page was
unavailable, I
believe hitting refresh did the trick.  He (Earthlink)
actually took me to
www.microsoft.com, at the very top we clicked on All
Products (which gives a
dropdown box), and selected downloads.  Yesterday, my
selection was #4 on
that page.  I have Windows XP, don't know what you have,
and be careful,
given all the hype they may have moved things around.  As
long as you get
the countdown stopped and get into the main site you'll
find your patch.  (I
just checked, mine is still #4, but they are calling it
the blaster worm
now, #3 is for Windows 2000, if you have NT you may have
to look around more
within the site.)
So, when the countdown to shutdown starts, go to start
(lower left in
desktop), then select run.  Clear whatever is in the box
and type shutdown
/a then hit enter.  Let me make sure we're clear, you'll
type shutdown (all
one word), then space (yes there is a space after
shutdown) then forward
slash, then a, then hit enter.  Again
shutdown-space-forward slash-a-hit
enter.  That stops the clock and makes that box go away.
The guy had me download the patch to my desktop.  Then I
exited everything
and double-clicked the icon to start the installation,
the installation took
quite some time, takes its sweet time doing some file
scan thing.  But, life
is good now!!
Good luck, let me know how it goes,

Pam

 -----Original Message-----
From: Typef [mailto:typef@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 3:54 PM
To: Don and Pam Bowen
Subject: Re: [RC]   help with computer

Would you believe my daughter's new laptop came today and
she hooked it up,
went online and now she's having this problem? What's the
"code" for
bypassing the 60-second shutdown? I would really
appreciate it!!!

Thanks,
:) Jackie

----- Original Message -----
From: "Don and Pam Bowen" <boright@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <walkergirl@xxxxxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 8:50 AM
Subject: RE: [RC] help with computer



Out of lurking for this one!  It's not a virus (McAfee

didn't help me) and

it's going like crazy right now.  I got hit with the

same thing and spent

hours on hold with Earthlink yesterday to get it fixed.

 Once it gets to
the

point of what happened to me and the original poster

it's not so easy to

fix, a patch needs to be downloaded from MS, impossible

when your computer

shuts down a few minutes after being online.  The

problem is a weakness in

the security system of Windows 2000, NT and XP and some

pesky hackers
messed

things up.  According to Earthlink, it's probably going

to hit everyone,

doesn't matter who your ISP is.  Earthlink is extremely

busy right now!!

I've attached a link to a MS website that describes the

problem, there are

other links from there for more information as well as

the patches.  It
can

also be accessed from the main Microsoft page.

If anyone is running any of the above systems it's

probably a good idea to

download/install the patch before you start having

problems.  If you're

already having problems I can pass on the instructions

Earthlink gave to
me

to stop the 60 second countdown to shutdown so you can

stay online long

enough to download the patch, email me privately.







http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS
03-026.asp



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