Author Topic: virus for winxp: remote process control failure (Read 2282 times)

vorticon · « **Reply #45 on:** August 12, 2003, 08:05:29 PM »

best way to deal iwth it is download the patch of microsoft...though in my case i couldent download the damn thing due to the system shutting down before i could get it...so i ended up downloading it at a freinds burning it and taking it home

oh and firewall wont stop it...it gains access through port 135...norton antivirus cant touch it...

and its a shame you cant blame it on relatives...my little brother was downloading **** when it hit (noon yesterday...)

AKIron · « **Reply #46 on:** August 12, 2003, 08:21:54 PM »

A hardware firewall will stop it, a software firewall can stop it if configured properly. I believe that most software firewalls will allow you to control who has access to any and all ports. Still, hardware is much better way to go.

Roscoroo · « **Reply #47 on:** August 12, 2003, 08:28:09 PM »

I think Skuzzy should write us a book ...

"Skuzzy's internet survival guide for idiots"

they'ed probly end up making a movie out of it ....

Ozark · « **Reply #48 on:** August 12, 2003, 08:35:51 PM »

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Originally posted by Roscoroo
I think Skuzzy should write us a book ...

"Skuzzy's internet survival guide for idiots"

they'ed probly end up making a movie out of it ....

Can I play the part of the hillbilly?

Skuzzy · « **Reply #49 on:** August 12, 2003, 08:38:41 PM »

LOL Roscoroo!

Curval · « **Reply #50 on:** August 12, 2003, 08:54:51 PM »

I'd probably buy it Skuzzy, don't laugh too hard.

There's a market for this type of guide...something that isn't for beginners (I mean I made it this far

), but who are lacking in these types of internet and computer knowledge.

hyena426 · « **Reply #51 on:** August 13, 2003, 12:00:09 AM »

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A hardware firewall will stop it, a software firewall can stop it if configured properly. I believe that most software firewalls will allow you to control who has access to any and all ports. Still, hardware is much better way to go.

i been thinking of making my old computer into my server and stack it full of protection,,,,and you are right,,my firewall stops just about all ports besides the ones i let ,,and i didnt get hit,,but all my freinds who dont run any protection besides nortons anti virus got hit,,nortons is not good anuff protection,,i wont run with out a firewall,,mine has picked up over 8,600 highly rated so far this year alone

Roscoroo · « **Reply #52 on:** August 13, 2003, 12:33:02 AM »

I went thru those software firewalls many moons ago ... ZA always seamed to think everything was a virus ... and was totally confused most of the time ...
i finally learned to close certian ports . and run an anti virus scan type program . ive been safe since i went back to that method.
(i even instantally caught and banished the virus's the mrs Roo brought home from a kazaa dl )

I heard that alot of hacks are looking for firewalls and trying to get thru them more often then a simple setup...

P,s. The Mrs Roo says she'll play the Damsel in distress for the movie Provided we get Mel Gibson to play Skuzzy

Ike 2K# · « **Reply #53 on:** August 13, 2003, 12:35:25 AM »

im running a pirated version of Win XP... am i at risk of getting worms and viruses?

Roscoroo · « **Reply #54 on:** August 13, 2003, 01:22:17 AM »

Yes you are , Shhhhhhh i have one of those to , and i put all the updates on it and it didnt effect it at all (cause it to blow out) the patches and update reset it to 30days again also, (i think u know what i mean ) hope this helps

~~I just tossed xp back in the drawer though and went back to 98 , it runs my games so much better.~~

takeda · « **Reply #55 on:** August 13, 2003, 01:41:28 AM »

Note that there's not really such thing as a "hardware firewall". You can buy of course a nice box dedicated and tuned to be a firewall, but you can bet there's some software inside it running the show.

At home I use Kerio Personal Firewall, it's free for home use, and has a nice default "learning mode". It blocks everything by default, but asks you when it encounters a new "kind" of connection, so you can allow, deny or just make a rule to stop it from asking in the future, so you are just bothered by it the first time you connect to your games, chats or whatever.

I have setup old 486 or Pentium Linux boxes as low budget firewalls, they performed pretty good, and there's little they cannot do.

Most DSL routers for home use have built in firewalls, YMMV, I have found some easy to use, others are arcane.

At work we use a few of those "hardware firewalls". Nice looking NetScreen boxes full of fancy colored leds. They are pretty and can do lots of nice stuff, but at 20K € each, they don't really fit at home. We didn't got the worm into our 6000+ computers network, but were pretty lucky to be able to unplug some guy who brought his infected laptop from home when he started probing port 135 like crazy, having happily bypassed our fancy firewalls just walking. So you have to be on top of things and have some luck even if you think you have everything secured.

Twist · « **Reply #56 on:** August 13, 2003, 03:09:50 AM »

Read this yesterday and planned to deal with our plant PC's today when I arrived. As it turned out, by the time I arrived, they were already shutting down all over the building. Spent the first 2 hours 'fixing' terminals here. I won't wait next time, might even try to stay current with all the patches and fixes. Gawd I hate windows....

rpm · « **Reply #57 on:** August 13, 2003, 04:47:59 AM »

Who would play Skuzzy?

Maniac · « **Reply #58 on:** August 13, 2003, 05:01:43 AM »

This makes you think about how many exploits that MS dont know about... and exploits the hackers are sitting on and wont realease to the general public...

We can patch patch patch but still there are unknown ways for the scriptkiddies and haxxors to use...

Trikky · « **Reply #59 on:** August 13, 2003, 05:56:25 AM »

2 Freebies that I think have been mentioned -

Free software Firewall - Kerio and Free Anti-Virus - AVG

I've run both of them on W2K for about 3 years have yet to get infected (touch wood). I'm virtually PC/Internet illiterate so if I can do it, I guess anyone can.