MSN Home  |  My MSN  |  Hotmail
Sign in to Windows Live ID Web Search:   
go to MSNGroups 
Free Forum Hosting
 

Important Announcement Important Announcement
The MSN Groups service will close in February 2009. You can move your group to Multiply, MSN’s partner for online groups. Learn More
The Poets' Place[email protected] 
  
What's New
  
    
    
  Home  
  Message Boards  
  
  General  
  
  Metacriticism  
  
  Sound Poems  
  
  Slate Board  
  
  Member Help  
  
  Collaborations  
  Poets'RadioForum  
  Word Artist  
  Project Nexus  
  Encore Works  
  Previews  
  Pictures  
  Intuitions  
  The Collective  
  Poetic LifeLines  
  The Poet's Poet  
  LIvVE Chat Meet  
  Recommendations  
  Calendar 2008  
  Documents  
  Diversions  
  Search Engines  
  Dictionaries  
  Translators  
  
  
  Tools  
 
Member Help : Blaster Worm & Variants, Firewalls
Choose another message board
 
     
Reply
Recommend (1 recommendation so far) Message 1 of 2 in Discussion 
From: _susan_  (Original Message)Sent: 8/26/2003 3:53 PM
if you don't have a firewall - & you use windows xp -
activate the one that comes with windows xp.
there is a lot of suspicious scripting going on.
 
scroll down the information on blaster worm.
read about blaster worm.
 
instructions for activating windows xp firewall are as follows:
How to Enable Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) on Windows XP
  1. On the taskbar at the bottom of your screen, click Start, and then click Control Panel.
  2. Click the Network and Internet Connections category.
    (If the Network and Internet Connectionsis not visible, click Switch to Category View under Control Panel on the left side of the Control Panel window.)
  3. Click Network Connections.
  4. Right-click the Dial-up, LAN, or High-Speed Internet connection that you use to connect to the Internet, and then click Properties from the context menu.
  5. On the Advanced tab, under Internet Connection Firewall, select Protect my computer or network, and then click OK.
    The Windows XP firewall is now enabled.


First  Previous  2 of 2  Next  Last 
Reply
Recommend  Message 2 of 2 in Discussion 
From: _susan_Sent: 8/27/2003 5:33 AM
A recently released Internet virus causes computers to reboot every time they connect to the Internet. This virus is known as the W32.Blaster.worm or the W32/Lovsan.worm. This problem can be prevented with a Critical Update from Microsoft.

A mass-mailing virus called Sobig.F rapidly spreads through e-mail attachments.
NOTE: For up-to-date information on the latest virus threats, virus descriptions, hoaxes, and virus removal tools, go to one of the following Web sites:
McAfee® http://www.mcafee.com/anti-virus/
Norton AntiVirus® http://www.sarc.com