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Old August 13th 03, 04:05 AM
ToolPackinMama
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Default NEWS: Heap big virus attack?

Somebody told me that all of Australia was brought to a standstill
today?
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Old August 13th 03, 04:15 AM
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I haven't heard about AUS, but I know there was a huge virus (W32.Blaster)
that hit today. Shut down a lot of stuff.


Drumguy


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Somebody told me that all of Australia was brought to a standstill
today?



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Old August 13th 03, 04:47 AM
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RedBack wrote:

On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 03:05:20 GMT, ToolPackinMama
wrote:

Somebody told me that all of Australia was brought to a standstill
today?


We are always at a standstill...


LOL
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Old August 13th 03, 01:51 PM
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Yeeaaahhhh mmmaaattteee wwee aarree ssoo ssllooww iitt wweenntt
ssstttrrraaaiiiggghhhttt pppaaassssseeeddd uuss.....................(lol)


"ToolPackinMama" wrote in message
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RedBack wrote:

On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 03:05:20 GMT, ToolPackinMama
wrote:

Somebody told me that all of Australia was brought to a standstill
today?


We are always at a standstill...


LOL



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Old August 13th 03, 04:27 PM
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MBlast aka LovSan affected Windows2000, WindowsXP, Windows2000 and Windows
2003 Servers who didn't download and install the critical patch and who went
a-surfing on the internet. It did not affect any Win95/98/98se or ME PCs.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/951393.asp?0cv=CB20

The MS newsgroups were horrible. It mainly affected home users who
don't/can't/won't use the Critical Updates. Those who did install them
either had a quiet or a very busy day helping those afflicted!

The Fix wasn't that hard.... but was hard was the the worm caused the PC to
shutdown every five minutes leaving little time for them user to go get the
patch.

Cari MS-MVP Windows Technologies Printing/Imaging/Hardware
www.coribright.com

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Old August 13th 03, 06:56 PM
jack
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RedBack wrote:
: On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 03:05:20 GMT, ToolPackinMama
: wrote:
:
:: Somebody told me that all of Australia was brought to a standstill
:: today?
:
: We are always at a standstill...why do today what you can do
: tommorow...the beach, footy, cricket and the mates at the pub come
: first.
: (I better fit the little woman in there somewhere or its the dog
: house again :-)
:
: I have had no problems and I'm on 24/7 but I have heard some
: others...though not a lot, having a few problems but are soon fixed.
:
: RedBack

Hey there Australia dude, how come you folks always refers to us Yanks
as "Sepos"? Yeah I know, Sepo is short for Septic Tank but man, that
moniker is kinda brutal! Ya think? ;-)

J.

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Old August 14th 03, 02:34 AM
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Had to go after XP and 200x, ME wouldn't stay up long enough to know
if it was the virus or ME itself causing the reboot ;-)

On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 15:40:49 GMT, "JAD" wrote:

OH no You mean that POS 'ME' wasn't infected? You 'ME' stompers,'XP'
touters reading this? ;^)


"Cari" wrote in message
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MBlast aka LovSan affected Windows2000, WindowsXP, Windows2000 and Windows
2003 Servers who didn't download and install the critical patch and who

went
a-surfing on the internet. It did not affect any Win95/98/98se or ME PCs.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/951393.asp?0cv=CB20

The MS newsgroups were horrible. It mainly affected home users who
don't/can't/won't use the Critical Updates. Those who did install them
either had a quiet or a very busy day helping those afflicted!

The Fix wasn't that hard.... but was hard was the the worm caused the PC

to
shutdown every five minutes leaving little time for them user to go get

the
patch.

Cari MS-MVP Windows Technologies Printing/Imaging/Hardware
www.coribright.com

"ToolPackinMama" wrote in message
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Somebody told me that all of Australia was brought to a standstill
today?






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Old August 14th 03, 04:20 AM
Charlie
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"JAD" wrote in message thlink.net...
OH no You mean that POS 'ME' wasn't infected? You 'ME' stompers,'XP'
touters reading this? ;^)


"Cari" wrote in message
...
MBlast aka LovSan affected Windows2000, WindowsXP, Windows2000 and Windows
2003 Servers who didn't download and install the critical patch and who

went
a-surfing on the internet. It did not affect any Win95/98/98se or ME PCs.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/951393.asp?0cv=CB20

The MS newsgroups were horrible. It mainly affected home users who
don't/can't/won't use the Critical Updates. Those who did install them
either had a quiet or a very busy day helping those afflicted!

The Fix wasn't that hard.... but was hard was the the worm caused the PC

to
shutdown every five minutes leaving little time for them user to go get

the
patch.

Cari MS-MVP Windows Technologies Printing/Imaging/Hardware
www.coribright.com

"ToolPackinMama" wrote in message
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Somebody told me that all of Australia was brought to a standstill
today?


The perpatrators of the virus probably thought that those poor souls
using "ME" had already suffered enough !
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Old August 14th 03, 04:32 AM
ToolPackinMama
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Jim Turner wrote:

Had to go after XP and 200x, ME wouldn't stay up long enough to know
if it was the virus or ME itself causing the reboot ;-)


Very funny. My customers who had ME could rest easy, nonetheless.
 




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