praxis22 opened this issue on Aug 12, 2003 ยท 81 posts
Tirjasdyn posted Wed, 13 August 2003 at 2:00 PM
hrm...for those that are wondering where it is from. Xp calls home...alot, this is where the virus sneaks in at according to symantec and microsoft. (considering every xp update contains the words "might take over your system" this does not suprise me and I'm surprised it took this long to happen) It activates when you get online. Broadband users who don't disconnect have the greatest threat. The biggest problem is that the virus is flawed(go fig) and sends screwed data causing your system to reboot or turn off. So when you hear of systems going down, large or small, this is what happened. As far as I know they are looking but they don't know where the remote cmd.exe's are opening and who or if can even use them if 1000's are opening at once(they probably crashed their own computer) I got protected and shut down the ports, I have to run the symantec tool tonight to get rid of everything else. I was bummed last night I had time to play and it all got taken by this stupid virus.