I am getting a dcom error. I reboot and I get this error when attempting to
connect to the network. The other computers on the network are giving me
these errors. I am running Win XP Pro.
The error causes programs to hang when opened. Control Panel, Excel, Word,

Any ideas?
Thanks

"Sycoe" wrote in message: " I am getting a dcom error. I reboot and I get
this error when attempting to
connect to the network. The other computers on the network are giving me
these errors. I am running Win XP Pro.
The error causes programs to hang when opened. Control Panel, Excel, Word,
Any ideas?"
Thanks

William Replied: "Check Steve Gibsons site about the "DCOMbobulator" "

http://grc.com/dcom/

Take out the TRASH to reply !

<Canned response>

Boot into Safe Mode and start your registry editor:
Start / Run / regedit

Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
+Software
+Microsoft
+Windows
+CurrentVersion
+Run

In the right-hand pane, look for any entry/ies that include
MSBLAST.EXE, PENIS32.EXE or TEEKIDS.EXE and
DELETE it/them.
These are the files associated with the different variants:
Variant A - msblast.exe
Variant B - penis32.exe
Variant C - teekids.exe

You just disabled the worm from running at startup, so boot into
normal mode again, and turn off ALL system restores to purge
your system.

Open Windows Explorer to the ..\Windows\System32\ or
...\WinNT\System32\ folder and DELETE *any* of the
files named above.

Next, go to the ..\Windows\Prefetch\ or ..\WinNT\Prefetch\
and find the reference to the above file/s (any reference will
be similar to: <filename.exe>-<alphanumerics>.PF), for example,
msblast.exe-0235D8H6.pf, and DELETE it/them.

Now you can download and install the patch, configure your
firewall and update your virus scanner.

Virus Alert About the Blaster Worm and Its Variants
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=826955

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-026
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec...n/MS03-026.asp

What you should know about the Blaster worm
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp

Windows RPC DCOM Buffer Overflow Remote Exploit (MS03-026)
http://www.k-otik.com/exploits/07.25.winrpcdcom.c.php

How to Use The KB 823980 Scanning Tool to Identify Host Computers
That Do Not Have The 823980 Security Patch (MS03-026) Installed
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=826369

W32.Blaster.Worm
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ven...ster.worm.html

W32.Blaster.B.Worm
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ven...er.b.worm.html

W32.Blaster.C.Worm
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ven...er.c.worm.html

W32.Blaster.Worm Removal Tool
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ven...oval.tool.html


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