Reprinted with permission from luzmaria8's journal
Okay, the virus that I had, MSblaster, was bad enough to make the news on Reuters this morning.
Link here:
http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=030812&cat=news&st=newstechwindowswormdc
According to the article, it can spread through a standard internet connection, not through e-mail or downloads, which would explain how I couldn't figure out how I originally got it.
So I'm urging all of you to download that patch and follow the instructions I left last night from the Gateway support site, especially if you have an XP or Windows 2000 machine. They seem to be the most vulnerable.
http://support.gateway.com/s/misc/troubleshootsu12.shtml
Good luck, and I hope you guys don't get hit with this. Oh, and in case you guys don't have a good antivirus program or can't afford one, I've found a decent freeware one here:
http://www.avast.com
Link here:
http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=030812&cat=news&st=newstechwindowswormdc
According to the article, it can spread through a standard internet connection, not through e-mail or downloads, which would explain how I couldn't figure out how I originally got it.
So I'm urging all of you to download that patch and follow the instructions I left last night from the Gateway support site, especially if you have an XP or Windows 2000 machine. They seem to be the most vulnerable.
http://support.gateway.com/s/misc/troubleshootsu12.shtml
Good luck, and I hope you guys don't get hit with this. Oh, and in case you guys don't have a good antivirus program or can't afford one, I've found a decent freeware one here:
http://www.avast.com