switch_on said:

Quick update: FAO ALL NTL CABLE USERS (and others )

 

[22:08] Multiple PC's across the NTL cable network (and possibly others) are being remotely shutdown by an RPC (Remote procedure call) exploit. A dialog box will pop up instructing the user that the system will shutdown in 60 seconds.

[22:08] be warned!

 

sum1 uses mirc

Indeed Cept mine looks funkier than that, a mate pasted it to me hehe.

 

As was said before, a good, up-to-date, firewall or router should fend em off no problem Though i would recommend avoiding MS XP Firewall, as the systems affected are MS systems

switch_on said:

Though i would recommend avoiding MS XP Firewall, as the systems affected are MS systems

 

normally i would agree with u, but i'm not on my own computer @ the mo and i cant be arsed to set up sumthin sencible either

not just ntl mate, it's effecting across the board. i think my wild guess could be correct here.

OK I HAVE THE FIX!!!

 

If you are running Windows XP grab this file:

 

http://microsoft.com/downloads/details.a...;displaylang=en

 

 

 

If you don't have time to install it then a friend of mine advises to start up in Safe mode WITHOUT network support and run it then. It only worked for me in normal Windows mode though.

 

[censored] MS. Got some explaining to do!!

Scream said:

not just ntl mate, it's effecting across the board. i think my wild guess could be correct here.

 

i said the same to phil_raa. i thought it might be a virus/trojen or even just sumthin posted on the net that script kiddies have caught wind of

 

either way its too many computers too recently to be coincidental and M$ r being too vague 4 it to be a bug

MS are always vague about there OS exploits

 

Prolly cos theres so many of them!

i think this could be a string fired at the pc to cause it to crash. the question is what port is this coming in on. I think some data capture needs to be set up. I'm gonna have a field day at work tomorrow with all our clients.

switch_on said:

MS are always vague about there OS exploits

 

Prolly cos theres so many of them!

 

that way my point. if it was a general bug then thier usually more specific about it

Scream said:

I'm gonna have a field day at work tomorrow with all our clients.

 

i think i'll just [censored] off and go on site, lol.

[censored] this has just happened to my pc how csn i stop it?

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-026.asp

 

1.2MB

 

too big for a dial up, (like bunnykins is on) u might need to get it from a mate or sumfing

Well my pooter was fine til I turned off my firewall so I could look at a link someone had posted...then BAM...that stuipid message appeared and my pooter turned off.

 

It must be some kind of virus thingy from somewhere.