Author: Andrew Williams
Date: 07:33:22 08/12/03
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On August 12, 2003 at 10:24:32, Andrew Williams wrote: >DISCLAIMER: I'm clueless about Windows. You should take the following with a >pinch of salt. > > >My guess is that you're just getting infected before you can get download the >patch. A couple of things you can do: > >* Switch on your firewall if you have one (Windows XP has one). This exploit >isn't an email-based one, it's coming in through open ports. This should prevent >you being re-infected once you re-install. > Apparently this is ALSO spread by email, although it's mainly being spread by remote procedure calls. >* In a command window you can do shutdown -a now, which will prevent windows >from shutting down (I think). This should give you time to download the patch >from Microsoft. > You don't need the "now" bit on the end of that command. >I'm not enough of an expert in Windows to really help. I'd recommend taking a >look at these stories on Slashdot, where people are giving good advice, AFAICS: > >http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/12/1326237&mode=nested&tid=185&tid=190&tid=201 > >and an older story with more responses: > >http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/11/2048249&mode=nested&tid=126&tid=172&tid=185&tid=190&tid=201 > > >Andrew I told you I was clueless about Windows! AW
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