Youth N Asia 0 Report post Posted August 11, 2003 I'm online for more then a couple minutes and then I get some message saying my Windows is shutting down in 60 seconds. gotta bail...it's booting me. says the service is being terminated unexpectedly Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest David Report post Posted August 11, 2003 This is happening to my friend too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
El Psycho Diablo 0 Report post Posted August 11, 2003 It's happened to me, but not when my firewall is up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Addy 0 Report post Posted August 11, 2003 You have been effected by a virus that has been fast spreading across XP systems It happened to my Dad too. How to remove virus Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TheBigCalbowski Report post Posted August 11, 2003 Is it really necessary to back up the system before running rpcfix.exe? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth N Asia 0 Report post Posted August 11, 2003 You have been effected by a virus that has been fast spreading across XP systems It happened to my Dad too. How to remove virus Dude, you're pimp Thanks for the help, I think that did it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrRant 0 Report post Posted August 11, 2003 You guys need to get a firewall. Zone Alarm - Good firewall, easy for beginners. Kerio - More customizable but a little more for the technically savvy. Also... a free virus scanner (pretty good as well) is availabe at Grisoft's AVG Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrRant 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2003 God... when I look at how many infected machines are trying to get into my computer. This is why you have to have a firewall or at least a router. $40 bucks and you can get software firewalls for free. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hank Kingsley 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2003 I'm lucky I have an extra computer, because this infected mine, too. ARGH~ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth N Asia 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2003 $40 bucks and you can get software firewalls for free. $40 and it's free? Doesn't sound too free... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrRant 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2003 No.. a router (hardware firewall is about $40) and a software one is free. Check the links I posted. Here is a sample of my logs... see all those Port 135s? Those are this infection trying to get on my machine but have been turned back. 4.65.25.135 135 24.166.217.36 137 4.65.29.20 135 4.64.26.129 135 4.64.248.252 135 4.65.17.144 135 4.64.248.252 135 4.65.27.185 135 4.65.30.253 135 61.98.102.192 17300 207.46.134.94 1310 4.65.16.224 135 207.46.134.94 1054 4.65.33.75 135 4.65.18.219 135 207.46.134.94 1290 4.65.22.55 135 4.65.32.111 135 4.64.228.36 135 4.65.5.128 135 4.65.31.71 135 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Internet Warfare 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2003 Same things happeneing with my comp. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth N Asia 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2003 Good deal that we had this discussion then Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Internet Warfare 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2003 Can I have the propertise please Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Nightscrawler Report post Posted August 12, 2003 Whew, I thought I was the only one. Thanks for the help you guys. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Internet Warfare 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2003 How can I do this when I only have like a minute on the net? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Metal Maniac 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2003 Yeah, funny story. My sister, who works in a Microsoft Call Center, just called me to warn me about this, even though I don't run XP, which is the only thing it seems to hit. Apparantly they had, like, 900 some-odd people trying to get help for this damned thing at once today. I was told that it DOESN'T get fixed - people have apparantly formatted their hard drives to no avail - But if that link above works, well, that's good. Also, apparantly somewhere in the virus, there's something written like "Billy, when are you gonna fix your software?" Odd, no? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rendclaw 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2003 For once, I am GLAD I have Windows ME, and am sitting behind a router firewall AND NIS. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmy no nose 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2003 My friend just described this to me this afternoon, I'll have to give him that link that was posted. I'm sure he'd like to thank you for that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarvinisaLunatic 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2003 (edited) http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/n1058783032 I've been down since about 9 pm trying to figure it out. My virus software (brand new, bought it about a month ago) didn't have the definitions and to download the file it would always shut down before I even got logged on to the net. I managed to get on the net and do a search quickly and found that site (last post is mine, and I actually did have the MSBLAST.exe file) The problem is a worm MSBLAST.exe which apparently is spread by some MP3s or something. The first fix mentioned works. One easy way to give yourself enough time to download and fix things is to set your date back to 2002 after the RPC Termination thing pops up. IT will give you 364 days to fix the problem (ample time to do everything I hope..) Im surprised I could get infected by a worm on my slow ass 21k connection (major reason why I don't have a firewall installed). ZDNet : How to clean up after msblast.exe A good site on how to rid your computer of the files as well Edited August 12, 2003 by MarvinisaLunatic Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lil' Bitch 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2003 How does the virus spread? I have no idea how I got ahold of it. Microsoft has the patch to cure this virus which can be found at this link: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/...in/MS03-026.asp Worked for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarvinisaLunatic 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2003 How does the virus spread? I have no idea how I got ahold of it. Microsoft has the patch to cure this virus which can be found at this link: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/...in/MS03-026.asp Worked for me. Basically, when a person gets the worm, it tries to send itself out to other computers who are not protected by that patch which was released last month. Now, I do occasionally download the small critical update files that apply to my computer, however I reinstalled XP Sunday Night/Monday morning and that erased all of them. I was in the process of downloading them yesterday when it hit me. I've also read that the worm will cause you to be unable to do thing such as cut/paste, cause random programs to open, and also possibly allowing other people to view your computer, delete files and add files. I can't help but think I picked the wrong day to reinstall XP, but at least it didn't don't think that anything serious was done to my computer and it didn't take more than 2 or 3 hours away from me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Internet Warfare 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2003 Thanks for the help my bro fixed it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hank Kingsley 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2003 ...I wish I had known about this earlier. I've been getting the RPC Countdown for almost a week, and hadn't thought anything of it. Now that I know it's a virus, my computer could be seriously fucked. I used the patch...and while the countdown is gone, my mouse, while connected, doesn't work, and it's the same with my internet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Nightscrawler Report post Posted August 12, 2003 Thanks for the help my bro fixed it. Heh, so did my mine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruiser Chong 0 Report post Posted August 13, 2003 *shakes head* This think will forever be known as that demon that raped my computer of everything, pr0n included. I had to update Norton and then was going to get the security patch. Unfortunately, updating Norton took very long, since every couple of minutes my computer shut down. Once I had updated Norton for XP, the computer shut down, except this time, it wouldn't even let me access Windows. So, I called the idiot Arabic Compaq Technical Support center and was put on hold for ungodly periods of time (at 4 in the morning, mind you), only to be disconnected and then later, told that I would have to call a different number because I have XP Professional. Unfortunately, the place has regular business hours, and so I had to get up early and call this morning and guess what? The stupid Arab had given me a number to a product purchasing line. In the end, I was sent back to the number I had called the night before and was put on hold many times once again, before getting disconnected on two separate occassions, before finally giving up. I then decided to give my "ex-" uncle in Chicago a call since he's got a vast knowledge in the area of computers and will prolly end up in jail before it's all said in done, with all the illegal stuff he does with them. Anyway, he told me the best way to go would be to wipe my system clean, which was a real kick in the nads to me, but I had no other real alternative if I wished to get my computer back in any capacity. So after wiping it clean, getting the new Norton system from him, I'm back in business, albeit, without any of my extra programs, including Kazaa, which was home for my beloved collection of wrestling themes and porn. 'Tis was a bittersweet day for Bruiser Chong. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrRant 0 Report post Posted August 13, 2003 To bad you didn't get the right fixes there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruiser Chong 0 Report post Posted August 13, 2003 What's really sad is that it could've been prevented if I had had updated Norton to work with XP when I first installed XP a couple weeks back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrRant 0 Report post Posted August 13, 2003 Don't be too sad. I've had to talk with many...MANY people who don't run Windows Update. The patch has been available for a little more than a MONTH. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarvinisaLunatic 0 Report post Posted August 13, 2003 (edited) If you get the RPC, just set the date back to 2002 and you'll be able to do stuff without fear of the computer shutting down. This might not help anyone now, but I've gotten RPCs before and this won't stop them from happening permanently I don't think. And as far as Windows Update goes, I went to download all of the patches again (I reinstalled windows Monday morning) and the file was like 50mb for every one of them. I took out some of the ones that only apply to server issues or issues with stuff that I don't have installed on my computer, but that still left the file at about 25 mbs. 25 MBs will take me at least 4 hours to download non stop without being able to do anything else. Plus I have to check back every 20 minutes to keep from getting knocked off, and the download won't restart if I do get kicked from the net (I've had this happen to me a couple times, pisses me off I spend 2 or 3 hours downloading only to end up with nothing because I get kicked off). So I've gone to downloading 1 or 2 files a day but its still going to take about 2 weeks that way (There are like 40 updates I need to download). Edited August 13, 2003 by MarvinisaLunatic Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
