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Story: 'Good' worm fights MSBlast

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Posted by: Alan Millar (Saturday 17 January 2004, 3:53 AM)

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Get the Fix tools AND the patches to stop you getting the worms again at this link...

http://www.upg.pitt.edu/_Pages/_pg_Technology/_pg_HelpCenter/pg_VirusSecurity.htm

You cannot go on the web on a brand new PC these days without picking these up within a couple of minutes!

I'm setting up a brand new PC for a friend...I had the worms Welchia and MS Blast hit me before I'd finished downloading the Norton Antivirus updates!
This is one of the downsides of a broadband connection, You are really open to abuse since you have a fixed IP address.
Get a good firewall installed too. I use Norton.
Normally, I have a CD with just those fixes & patches on it, but I couldn't find it...so I risked going online 'unprotected'.
Save these to a CD... it'll save a lot of heartache... Good Luck

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