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Help my lap tops bin infected with W32 Blaster worm

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raynerd:
Stew, might not work but you could try:

Reboot laptop and keep tapping the F8 key - it`ll boot up in safe mode.
Select to open up in "Safe Mode"
Go to Start --> Accessories --> System Tools --> System Restore

.......and then select an earlier date to restore the computer to. It`ll then reboot your computer.

It might work...certainly worth a try!!

Chris

saw:
I would say do as craynerd told you, but don't rebot, turn the computer of for 5 minutes. If you just rebot, you can still have the virus in the memmory and that will not help you. :(

andyf:
Hi Stew,

Apparently, it is a very common worm, so your local computer shop probably has a geek who can kill it off. The instructions below are on the interweb, but I have no idea whether or not they work.

Andy

Please follow the instructions below if you would like to remove W32.Blaster.Worm manually. Please notice that you must follow the instructions very carefully and delete everything that is mentioned. In most cases the removal will fail if one single item is not deleted. If W32.Blaster.Worm remains on your system after stepping through the removal instructions, please double-check by stepping through them again.
Enable your firewall. If you don't have a firewall installed, click here. [dunno where that takes you]
Start your computer in safe mode.
Browse to the key:
'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run'
In the right pane, delete the value called 'windows auto update', if it exists.
Exit the registry editor.
Start Windows Explorer and delete:
%SystemDir%\msblast.exe

Note: %SystemDir% is a variable (?). By default, this is C:\Windows\System (Windows 95/98/Me), C:\WINNT\System32 (Windows NT/2000), or C:\Windows\System32 (Windows XP).
Download all service packs and critical updates from www.windowsupdate.com.
 

John Rudd:
Stew,

My eldest daughter's  lappie was infected last week...
I too tried to remove it manually by doing a regedit.........

Sadly, it was ineffectual...

So as a last resort I'm having to re-install Windoze  :dremel:   and really I think that is the only real way to ensure its gone, including reformatting the hdd...

So, if you have backup discs for your machine, mebbe worth a shot...?

Bogstandard:
The boot up in safe mode and system restore to an earlier copy usually works well.

Where people go wrong, is that after you have done it, do a quick check to make sure everything is working as it should, then you must go to Control Panel/System/System Restore and turn off system restore for all disks.

What happens is that the virus will automatically be saved in your system restore files, where your virus protection can't get to it or touch it, and at the first opportunity, the virus can pop up again.

Once you have turned off sytem restore, you will lose all your restore points, but the virus contained within will be deleted as well, so you can then turn back on system restore, and it will start a new file from scratch.


Bogs

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