<html> <body> List, Quite a few on our campus have been hit by this. Thankfully, I'd installed the patch some time ago so I've had no problems. Below is a link to our IT (Information Technology) page about it in case anyone is interested. There are a couple of other sites about it, also. <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp" eudora="autourl">http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp</a> <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-19.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-19.html </a>>Blaster Worm Hits UH > >Some campus computer systems have been severely affected by the Blaster >worm, which is also known as the LovSan worm.  Computers targeted by >this worm include the following Microsoft operating systems: > >     Windows NT 4.0 >     Windows 2000 >     Windows XP >     Windows Server 2003 > >If your computer cannot connect to the network, is receiving System >Shutdown or Generic Host Process for Win32 Services error messages, is >rebooting repeatedly, or is slow or unresponsive during a Windows >Update, it may be due to the Blaster worm. > >Information Technology has identified a number of steps to address the >problem.  A detailed description of the problem, symptoms, and solutions >is available at <<a href="http://www.uh.edu/blasterworm" eudora="autourl">http://www.uh.edu/blasterworm</a>>. Another one going around is: VBS.DDV.B, a worm virus. The subject is random characters & an attachment named either Win32system.vbs or Winsystem32.vbs. Detection and removal information at: <a href="http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/vbs.ddv.b.html" eudora="autourl">www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/vbs.ddv.b.html</a> Keep those Windows systems (especially) and your virus protection updated!!!!!!!!!! For your sake as well as ours. :-) Avery <x-sigsep></x-sigsep> ______________________ Avery Todd, RPT Moores School of Music University of Houston Houston, TX</body> </html>