msblast.exe
The MSBLAST.exe is a worm that infects machines via network connections. It can attack entire networks of computers or one single computer connected to the Internet. msblast.exe exploits a known windows vulnerability that is easily patched, however few systems seem to have this patch installed. It attacks Windows 2000 and Windows XP machines and exploits the DCOM RPC Vulnerablity. Depending on the system date it will start a Denial of Service attack against windowsupdate.com, this makes it difficult to download the needed patches and allow the worm to infect as many machines as it can before being disabled. However, as of August 15th, Microsoft decided to kill the windowsupdate.com domain to lessen the impact from this denial of service attack. msblast.exe can also cause widespread system instability including but not limited to Windows Blue screens, out of memory errors, changes to Control Panel, inability to use functions in browser, and many more oddities.
msblast.exe, aka Blaster.A, LoveSan or Msbla
, download the Symantec removal tool ,you'll still need to download the patches above and install them, however this removal tool will stop the MSBLAST program from running, remove the items in the registry, and delete the infected files
For automatic removal of MSBLAST.exe we recommend the use of anti virus software from companies like McAfee and Panda.
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