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Blaster Worm - Will format/re-install

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by ideafixer

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If I unpartition space, reformat that space, and then install a fresh copy of Win2K will that get rid of the blaster worm?

I have done this and my PC is still acting extremly sluggish when browsing the web. ipconfig shows everying is in order. Could I have been infected immediatly after my re-install then?

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by dmiles

B reformatting the had drive it is unlikely that system is showing signs of mblaster effects,fdsiking and reformatting wipes the drive of all data
So the system may seem sluggish from not having the installed updates and configuration settings that you had installed before installing the fresh copy

by joseph moore

Yes, you could have been immediately re-infected after your reinstall.

This is gonna sound paranoid, but this is the new reality....

No Windows NT/2K/XP/2K3 machine is safe on the Internet for any length of time if it is NOT patched for the RPC/DCOM vulnerability.

No one!

So, if you did not install the patch before going back on the Internet, then you have been either re-infected, or the infection tried and failed and, in the process, managed to mangle RPC.

So, get the patch, burn it to CD, patch your system, and run one of the tools that gets rid of the virus.

This virus does not write to the boot sector or anything like that. There is only 1 file to delete, and 1 Registry entry.

hope this helps

by ideafixer

I ran the Norton blaster.exe file on the suspect computer. It did not turn up any viruses. I ran a repair on the system and now it is fine. I have a router acting as a firewall but still am patching the PC. Thanks for the input.

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