at home i run a couple of apple machines, so i normally don't pay much attention when there's another "virus will end the world" news article, but i did read an article about blaster.
i was on a client site last week, sat with a customer working at her laptop when the "shutting down in 60 seconds" box popped up!
immediately, i started thinking about the article. "you've got blaster" i said, and tried to remember what the article said about stopping the shutdown. it was like one of those movies where the guy has to cut the right coloured wire against the clock! with about 10 seconds to go, i remembered what to do and popped up the command prompt and entered "shutdown/a" to abort the shutdown. i then googled for more info, found the critter and removed it from her machine.
of course, their admin guy blamed my (patched) laptop for infecting their network (which was totally beside the point that she'd had 4 viruses in the past 3 months and a guy in the next room had 2 in the week that i was there!)
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i had a hollywood moment the other day.
/a" to abort the shutdown. i then googled for more info, found the critter and removed it from her machine.
at home i run a couple of apple machines, so i normally don't pay much attention when there's another "virus will end the world" news article, but i did read an article about blaster.
i was on a client site last week, sat with a customer working at her laptop when the "shutting down in 60 seconds" box popped up!
immediately, i started thinking about the article. "you've got blaster" i said, and tried to remember what the article said about stopping the shutdown. it was like one of those movies where the guy has to cut the right coloured wire against the clock! with about 10 seconds to go, i remembered what to do and popped up the command prompt and entered "shutdown
of course, their admin guy blamed my (patched) laptop for infecting their network (which was totally beside the point that she'd had 4 viruses in the past 3 months and a guy in the next room had 2 in the week that i was there!)