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  1. November 7th, 2003, 08:04 PM #1
    tekwannabe
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    W32.blaster.worm

    My son is running Windows XP and his pc has the W32.blaster.worm virus
    It is residing on :
    C:\windows\system32\wins\dllhost.exe

    How should he get rid of it?
    Thanks for your help.
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  2. November 7th, 2003, 08:11 PM #2
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    Hi tekwannabe
    Heres the official version
    http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp
    Virus Alert About the Blaster Worm and Its Variants
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  3. November 7th, 2003, 08:18 PM #3
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    Smile Thanks so much

    Thanks for the quick response I will pass along.
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  4. November 7th, 2003, 08:23 PM #4
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    Your welcome

    BTW The usual cause of contamination is connecting with no firewall installed or turned on in XPs case.Attacks will usually show up on ports 138,139 and 445 of the firewall log.
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