URGENT help required for Blaster Worm

[JonUK]

Ok I have had the worm on my machine and removed it but can it spread by infecting files?

I say this as I burnt some very important CDs while being infected. If I use the files (they are drivers, word documents etc..) in another machine will it then be infected.

If the files could be infected what can I do, will I have to destroy them?

Please help as this could turn into a disaster.

 

[iamme]

did you try scanning the CD w/ NAV?

 

[Hossenfeffer]

well, scan the files with an antivirus program. No infection? You're golden.

Infection? Maybe make a copy of em and see if you can repair them.

 

[Hossenfeffer]

Originally posted by: iamme
did you try scanning the CD w/ NAV?

Also, install an anti-virus program on the other machine asap with the latest drivers. That way, there would be a minimal chance of the worm spreading.

 

[iamme]

btw, don't forget to update you virus definitions before scanning

 

[JonUK]

I have scanned them using my freshly updated Norton Anti virus 2001 and it says they are clean. Does the worm just affect machines when they connect to the internet if they aren't patched, from what I can gather it doesn't infect files but I need to be sure on this one, I have already re-formatted my machine four times this week!

 

[beer]

It can't spread via CDs. It's not a virus. It's a worm. Read the top posts in this form. It attacks random IPs via TCP/135 and uses the DCOM RPC exploit to install itself remotely and then to repeat ad infinum...in theory.

 

[slycat]

exactly..this is not a virus
wtf is norton gonna do?

 

[pray4mojo]

Worms don't infect programs unlike virii.

 

[pray4mojo]

Originally posted by: slycat
exactly..this is not a virus
wtf is norton gonna do?

Norton still picks up worms...doesn't it?

 

[JonUK]

thank god, I thought that I had possibly lost hours of work and important files, lol. Always good to keep a back-up and this proves it.

 

[JonUK]

yes, norton does pick it up, it tells you when it tries to operate.

 

[beer]

Originally posted by: JonUK
yes, norton does pick it up, it tells you when it tries to operate.

But it's not a virus. The sheer scope of the worm made them include support for it. I don't think it detects other worms like nimba/code red.