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Windows worm
« on: 16 January 2009, 13:35:47 »
Just a heads-up about this Windows worm.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7832652.stm  :o
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Re: Windows worm
« Reply #1 on: 16 January 2009, 13:48:08 »
Once the worm is up and running, it creates an HTTP server, resets a machine's System Restore point (making it far harder to recover the infected system) and then downloads files from the hacker's web site

no wonder i cant restore pc to early date, wont let me do it to any restore points
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Re: Windows worm
« Reply #2 on: 16 January 2009, 14:19:17 »
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wont let me do it to any restore points

thats no necisarily (bad spelling) whats causing your problem, some antivirus programs or firewall software prevent you from doing a restore as it will corrupt the settings for definitions etc, norton used to be one such program that did this, but as of late I have had no problems with the 2009 version.

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Re: Windows worm
« Reply #3 on: 16 January 2009, 14:26:20 »
Well I have no A/V, Firewall, etc etc installed on my Windows setup...  Even Windows Update is turned off...

Then again, its running inside a VM with no network setup, or access to any removable media.
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Re: Windows worm
« Reply #4 on: 16 January 2009, 14:28:06 »
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Well I have no A/V, Firewall, etc etc installed on my Windows setup...  Even Windows Update is turned off...

then its not a worm you have to worry about, its the HUGE snake!!  ;D ;D :D :D
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Re: Windows worm
« Reply #5 on: 16 January 2009, 14:39:20 »
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Well I have no A/V, Firewall, etc etc installed on my Windows setup...  Even Windows Update is turned off...

then its not a worm you have to worry about, its the HUGE snake!!  ;D ;D :D :D

but I'm not on a Plane...   :-X
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Re: Windows worm
« Reply #6 on: 16 January 2009, 14:57:29 »
That particular journalist is a idiot, trying to over-sensationalise a non issue.
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Re: Windows worm
« Reply #7 on: 16 January 2009, 15:00:05 »
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That particular journalist is a thingy, trying to over-sensationalise a non issue.

Maybe he also writes the MMGW articles too then  :-?
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Re: Windows worm
« Reply #8 on: 16 January 2009, 16:37:08 »
Its old news, patched ages ago, and everyone (who doesn't use a hooky cracked copy of XP) gets it via Windows Update.
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« Reply #9 on: 16 January 2009, 18:49:00 »
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That particular journalist is a thingy, trying to over-sensationalise a non issue.

Don't they all these days  ::)
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