i think there is a new nasty worm floating around in the www. i caught it today and basically it just keeps restarting my computer which is very annoying. hopefully the updates i just did put a stomp to it.

however, i would encourage everyone to do microsoft system updates just in case. perhaps a fellow member who knows much more then i do can help with the cause? the worm i got was named lsass.exe i believe. hopefully its gone now. i did find a site which can help prevent or solve the problems here.

http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_125007.htm

i hope this link helps you out! i don't wish this to happen to anyone else, so protect while you still can!

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That's the 'Sasser' worm. Go here and scroll down to the 'Check my PC' for infection button if you think you have it.

To download the patch to protect your PC from infection go here.

This worm does not infect Mac's or machines running Win98, Win95, or WinME.

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thanks aqua. i knew someone would know more then me. i did manage to get rid of it going to that link i provided and running that stinger program. it even found some other nasty things i didn't know i had.

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As always just keep your antivirus software up to date and make sure you install all the security fixes from Microsoft.

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Thanks Scorp and Aqua...

I had 15 critical updates to do... so relieved that I didn't have any viruses and such.. thank goodness those mean little worms.

yeah Sasser was done by the "SkyNet Team" who are also responsible for the approx 30 and countying NetSky viruses and variants.

A great place to stay on top of this stuff is http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/

Also, if there are any other Mac users besides me out there, Apple had a large-ish security update today for 10.2.8 and 10.3.3.

The BBC, Reuters, and the Associated Press are all reporting that a Teenager has confessed in Germany, and is now in custody for having created Sasser.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...y_computer_worm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3695857.stm

http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/040508/tech...m_arrest_5.html

German story:

http://www.ksta.de/servlet/CachedCo...id=994342720546