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To: STEPHEN MOSKOVITZ who wrote (35676)	8/13/2003 12:58:44 AM
From: Raptech	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110652

You can see if your computer is infected with Blaster by running your anti-virus software after you've downloaded the latest virus defs from your vendor. Scanning your computer with out of date information will not pick up Blaster. Why would you want to copy downloads? The surest and simple method will be to download the MS patch to each computer. You can also see if the worm is running by going to task manager;Processes tab; Show processes for all users' option; look down the list for msblast.exe If you find it, click on that entry then End Process. It will stop Blaster from running, but you will still have to remove it from your computer. Rap

To: STEPHEN MOSKOVITZ who wrote (35676)	8/13/2003 1:13:15 AM
From: mr.mark	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110652

"One of our computers is still malfunctioning even after running the symantec MS blast fix as directed. By the time we signed on to our dial up ISP and started to download, the clock ticks down to shutdown. Is there something we're doing wrong? And, can the patch be downloaded on one computer and transferred to another? And would this make any difference?" per the symantec instructions... ****************************** "You must download and install the Microsoft patch. In many cases, you will need to do this before you can continue with the removal instructions. If you are not able to remove the infection or prevent re-infection using the following instructions, first download and install the patch. Because of the way the worm works, it may be difficult to connect to the Internet to obtain the patch, definitions, or removal tool before the worm shuts down the computer. It has been reported that, for users of Windows XP, activating the Windows XP firewall may allow you to download and install the patch, obtain virus definitions, and run the removal tool. This may also work with other firewalls, although this has not been confirmed." ****************************** maybe the above will help. if not, i saw some other solutions posted on various forums today. if i can relocate them i will post back. as for downloading the patch onto one machine and transferring it to another, i would say that yes it is possible as long as the process is broken down into two distinct phases (download and install). if it is, then you can stop short of the install phase and transfer the file to another pc. if the installation phase is integrated into the downloading, then it probably won't work. good luck

To: STEPHEN MOSKOVITZ who wrote (35676)	8/13/2003 1:53:15 AM
From: mr.mark	Respond to of 110652

"By the time we signed on to our dial up ISP and started to download, the clock ticks down to shutdown." i told you i ran across some other solutions to this problem besides what symantec says to do. here is the only one i could find tonight. your mileage may vary. i have no knowledge if this suggestion will work.... ******************************** "This is what I had a friend use to clean his system. He had a hard time keeping his computer running because it wanted to shutdown so I had him Do START --> RUN And type "shutdown -a" that aborts the shutdown process." ******************************** good luck