Piss! We done got hosed by this goddam LovSan virus. We’re very cautious about opening e-mail at home, but it still got us. This virus shuts your computer down a minute or so after booting up. I hear that Microsoft has a patch, but you can’t download it if your computer keeps shutting down!
Crapcrapcrapcrapcrap. It’s probably going to involve a trip to the friendly computer repair guys, but we’re stretched economically. We don’t need this.
Crapcrapcrapcrapcrapcrap!
Wasn’t there a thread about this before, and the guy ran the path between crashes?
Can patches be run from safe mode?
Yes, there’s a thread on this and a fix available. Note: Read past where everyone says to re-format. It’s not necessary.
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=203867
Bummer. Sorry to hear it.
Still, I just can’t help but do the “happy happy Mac user” dance at times like this.
I took down my Firewall to debug some Oracle server stuff and got hit with the fucking thing. But of course I had to get some strange version of it that is not fixed with any of the virus software or currently published methods. I had to do a manual search through the windows directory and and go through the registry deleting based on the “that doesn’t look quite right” algorythm(which I really really hate doing) in between shutdown every two minutes. I think I finally got everything as my computer has now been running for 20 minutes now, but now I get to worry for the next few months to see if I deleted anything wrongly.
I got hit by this. I am waiting for my company’s tech support people to instruct us on how to purge it from my laptop. I was a virus virgin before this and it is a bitch.
It has some odd effects. I can’t follow any link that opens a new window. My ability to connect to other web pages is sporadic at best. Some of my menu screens have gone blank.
Who thinks it is a good idea to create these things? Aaaargghhhh!
Nothing like getting screwed by your first virus huh fruitbat?
That anything like the “happy Win98SE user” dance?
My company is based in Europe and has branches all over the place. It’s getting whammed. I haven’t gotten it yet at home–does it hit WinXP?
It does affect WinXP, but if you have the proper updates installed you should be fine. (In another thread, someone mentions that some computers were considered by Windows Update to have the patch installed when they actually didn’t, and they got infected.)
Yes, it targets WinXP. See here, please.
Question: yesterday, my PC at work started doing backflips. Wouldn’t C&P. Wouldn’t follow links. Kept coming up with the error message “SVCHOST.exe has generated problems, and is shutting down.” Crap like that.
At first I thought Windows was hosed and I’d need to do a repair install, but now I’m not so sure. Does this behavior sound symptomatic of Blaster?
Incidentally, Symantec has released a free executable removal tool to get rid of Blaster.
Similar, but you only need one foot and it’s easier to learn.
That was exactly what it did to my computer. I grabbed the patch and Stinger, recommended by Evil Captor, which targets a few different viruses and trojans. Ran Stinger, got the patch, then ran Stinger again to make sure I wasn’t reinfected, and I seem to be fine.
Goddamit. I got hit by this at home, anf none of the instructions on that GQ thread make the slightest bit of sense to us non-techies (I don’t even kmow what the fuck a firewall IS).
Guess I will have to schedule a service call . . . Fuck.
One of the rare instances when having WinME is a good thing.
Well, I’d love to download the patch. But I’ve had problems with accessing secured sites/sites running ActiveX since January. I’ve changed the security setting, and I still can’t access the microsoft update site. I guess this means I really need to head to the on campus help center tomorrow so that maybe I can actually update Windows for a change.
Luckily, the desktop has ME, just the laptop is running XP.
anyone know a girl named San with a computer nerd boyfriend or stalker?
Yeah, but it’s pretty hard to find the music to do the dance. Most stores don’t carry it;)