I think I have a serious problem

[Nimrod]

I can only stay connected for a few minutes before remote procedure protocol terminates unexpectedly.

[checkMate]

What OS/Processor are you running?

[blackice]

Hit control alt del and look for mblast.exe running on you machine.

[Nimrod]

XP Pro

Yes I have mblast.exe running.

Gonna see what turns I can dl now.

[blackice]

Well you have the lastest and greatest virus on your computer. You need a patch from Microsoft and you need to remove the virus.

Patch can be found here

Terminating the Malware Program

This procedure terminates the running malware process from memory.

Open Windows Task Manager press
CTRL+SHIFT+ESC, and click the Processes tab.
In the list of running programs*, locate the process:
MSBLAST.EXE

Select the malware process, then press either the End Process button.
To check if the malware process has been terminated, close Task Manager, and then open it again.
Close Task Manager.
Removing Autostart Entries from the Registry

Removing autostart entries from the registry prevents the malware from executing during startup.

Open Registry Editor. To do this, click Start>Run, type Regedit, then press Enter.
In the left panel, double-click the following:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>Software>Microsoft>
Windows>CurrentVersion>Run
In the right panel, locate and delete the entry:
”windows auto update" = MSBLAST.EXE
Close Registry Editor.
NOTE: If you were not able to terminate the malware process from memory as described in the previous procedure, restart your system.

Additional Windows ME/XP Cleaning Instructions

Running Trend Micro Antivirus

Scan your system with Trend Micro antivirus and delete all files detected as WORM_MSBLAST.A. To do this, Trend Micro customers must download the latest pattern file and scan their system. Other Internet users can use HouseCall, Trend Micro’s free online virus scanner.

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Additional Windows ME/XP Cleaning Instructions

Next dump the candy a$$ norton etc,,, Grab Pc-Cillin and forget these viruses happen. I can not remember the last time I had a virus?
Pc-Cillin had the fix for this on my system the next day after it was introduced to the public. July 8th? or so, heck it was not even a virus yet just a vulnurability.

So do not email anyone not that this can spread that way but chances are you have more malware and or exploits happening.

Do the manual removal first then the house call from Trend Microsystems.

Need help just ask.

[Frozzy]

I decided to block up my Port 137... reckon that should hold 'er out

[Nimrod]

Me thinks it be gone. I hope. I would like to thank Blackice and a family member in Boston for their assistance in clearing up this nuisense. Death to the person who wrote it.

[Nimrod]

Bear with me everyone while I take the next 24 hours or so to dl, play, ul, and send my turns on my iron age 56k modem.

22 minmutes connected and counting

[checkMate]

Originally posted by Nimrod
Bear with me everyone while I take the next 24 hours or so to dl, play, ul, and send my turns on my iron age 56k modem.

22 minmutes connected and counting

Yeah!!!!

[Keygen]

Originally posted by Nimrod

Bear with me everyone while I take the next 24 hours or so to dl, play, ul, and send my turns on my iron age 56k modem.

22 minmutes connected and counting

I still have a bronze age 33.6K modem despite the fact I have a far more new computer. In fact that modem and my 15 inches monitor are the only original components left from my first computer back in 1997. I could had replaced both with a 56K modem and a (very) expencive 21 inches monitor respectively but for different reasons I didn't. For the modem, I waited for the upcomming DSL that delayed only for a couple of years In the meanwhile I had tried ISDN but for a strange reason I had unresolved problems and was forced back to PSTN. As for the monitor I unexpectedly run low on money so I didn't make it

Now that DSL is a fact in Greece you have to pay a load of money that I cannot really understand why but only that our telecommunication provider (OTE) is the only one having lines all over Greece, owned by the state and wants to keep the poor Greeks in dialup to get benefit from time charge or get it big from the ones that need more speed badly.
Just to see what I mean for a 384kbps you have to pay €82 for activation, €50 for installation and €55 per month. VAT (18%) is not included and the monthly charge is provided with 50% discount - that would be €22,5 without VAT - until October. And it is not over You're forced to buy the DSL modems OTE recommend with the most cheap prized at €172,8 And the most outrageous is that you have to pay your ISP as well per month about €60-70

That's the price for waiting over 2 years after its first announcement

Does this country suck or not?

[Nimrod]

My crappy little town does not know the meaning of DSL My city councel is the kind who will whine and moan when Adelphia wants to jack up the price of basic cable to the highest amount allowed by law. The when it comes time to vote on whether or not to allow it to happen, they let it happen If you want to include a cable connection for your internet, you are looking at $90 a month We have not had mayor to do anything good for the town in the 24 years of my life. For the past 40-50 years we have been shrinking. The biggest source of economy is at the first of the month when majority of this place gets a welfare check. You are lucky to find a job above min. wage, that is if you a job.

So I dont know Keygen, which is worse?

[blackice]

You two live in Nova Scotia?


No maybe NorthBay?

Sounds like you need help, what is the email address to both the ****ers that simply do not get the advantage to the internet. How be you post em and we email them to the point they get over-whelmed and thier system goes down and they themselves demand highspeed internet service?

I mean we hit them with "good job people" emails?
Nothing vicious, just we hear you people are doing a great job emails?

Hey all those kudos and they love to lap that up? Right?
But all of us here send one and hour and thier egos kick in and they demand highspeed just to keep up with the ego stroking?

Think it will work?

[Keygen]

Originally posted by Nimrod

My crappy little town does not know the meaning of DSL My city councel is the kind who will whine and moan when Adelphia wants to jack up the price of basic cable to the highest amount allowed by law. The when it comes time to vote on whether or not to allow it to happen, they let it happen If you want to include a cable connection for your internet, you are looking at $90 a month We have not had mayor to do anything good for the town in the 24 years of my life. For the past 40-50 years we have been shrinking. The biggest source of economy is at the first of the month when majority of this place gets a welfare check. You are lucky to find a job above min. wage, that is if you a job.

So I dont know Keygen, which is worse?

Even in some places in the States...

Well, I feel a bit better now
But then again when I look at some European countries where DSL in 1024Kbps costs around €50 or less per month while the same speed (1024Kbps download, 256Kbps upload) in Greece costs more than €300 I get really mad
OK, it is one and a half month old. After some months to a year the prises will drop but having DSL in 1024Kbps in Greece with €50 or less per month it will take years

[Keygen]

Originally posted by blackice

You two live in Nova Scotia?


No maybe NorthBay?

Sounds like you need help, what is the email address to both the ****ers that simply do not get the advantage to the internet. How be you post em and we email them to the point they get over-whelmed and thier system goes down and they themselves demand highspeed internet service?

I mean we hit them with "good job people" emails?
Nothing vicious, just we hear you people are doing a great job emails?

Hey all those kudos and they love to lap that up? Right?
But all of us here send one and hour and thier egos kick in and they demand highspeed just to keep up with the ego stroking?

Think it will work?

I don't know Pete, there must be something wrong with this country. Most things do not work as they should if they work at all. The most effective way to get things rolling here is by make it in the news. Especially in TV's news which have great infuence to the public.

As far as I know OTE might have been forced to put DSL - at list within 2003 - after extensive publicity from technology related magazines, tones of emails from people and the Internet community in Greece in general, protesting to OTE, EETT - the committee responsible for the telecommunications and post offices - and the ministry of transportations & communications. Perhaps the EU direction for broaband connection and the well known European orientation of the current prime minister had a share as well.

[Nimrod]

OK. My service has been down for about 18 hours now And it didnt have anything to do with the recent blackouts. How are you Blackice? In the black?