BLASTER's Big Brother Is Coming, patch your PC now! (fix available)

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BLASTER's Big Brother Is Coming, patch your PC now! (fix available)

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In This Issue:
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- BLASTER's Big Brother Is Coming, patch your PC now! (fix available)

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* The Bottom Line...
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The RPC vulnerability that allowed the Blaster virus to infect
approximately 1,000,000 computers and cost billions of dollars
was just the tip of the iceberg.

Microsoft has just announced 3 new RPC vulnerabilities this past
week. This means that we can all be expecting a MUCH more
dangerous and widespread worm to be appearing within the
next week or two.

Yes, worse than Blaster ever thought of being.

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* What You Should Do
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In announcing the 3 new RPC vulnerabilities, Microsoft has also
made bug fixes available.

ALL users should patch their systems now to avoid the next big
worm.

We expect that the next worm will affect Windows 2000, Windows XP,
Windows NT (server and workstation) and Windows Server 2003.

To protect your PC(s):

1. Get the correct patch for your system from MicroSoft here:

Click here to get your patch from Microsoft

2. Install a firewall - ZoneAlarm Pro is our #1 choice and can be
obtained at:

VACM EDITOR'S CHOICE for personal Firewalls

3. Get the best AntiVirus protection you can and keep it up to
date on a daily basis. Our #1 choice is Norton Antivirus due
to its minimal impact on system performance and its ability to
protect against more viruses.

4. If you have not already done so, do the steps outlined in our
VACM HowTo articles to harden your system even further and to
learn how to deal safely with attachments. You can find
these in the VACM Archives at:

The VACM Archives Home Page

They are just above the actual archived VACM articles list.

Best Regards,
Marc Deschenes, VACM Editor
The VACM Project at
Automated PC Solutions

*** Be sure to check out the appendix at the end of this alert
if you are having trouble booting your computer into "Safe Mode".
The process is all spelled out for you there.

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******** APPENDIX - Handy How-To Tips **********

* How To Boot into Safe Mode

Shut the computer down so that the power is off.

Turn the computer on, wait 1 second and begin pressing the F8 key
on the keyboard, once every second repeatedly. Do this until
the Windows Startup Menu appears. If you get a keyboard
error, press F1 to resume and then continue pressing the
F8 key once every second, or your PC may tell you to press another key for BIOS setup.

Select Safe Mode from the Windows Startup Menu, then press
the Enter key on the keyboard.

Windows will then boot into Safe Mode.
NOTE: This may take longer than a normal boot.

At the end of the boot process a dialog box will appear
informing you that Windows is in Safe Mode. Click OK on this dialog box.

Windows is now in Safe Mode.

If you miss hitting the F8 at the right time, Windows will boot
normally and you will not see the "Safe Mode" message. In this
case, start from the top of these instructions until you get the
boot menu screen where you can choose "Safe Mode". This can be
a little tricky the first time you do it.

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