Systems administrators should apply the patch immediately to avoid Blaster Worm.
(Windows NT4.0, 2000, XP)

Buffer Overrun In RPC Interface Could Allow Code Execution (823980)
Impact of vulnerability: Run code of attacker’s choice

Maximum Severity Rating: Critical

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-026.asp


MANUAL REMOVAL INSTRUCTIONS

Terminating the Malware Program.
This procedure terminates the running malware process from memory.

Open Windows Task Manager, press
CTRL+SHIFT+ESC, and click the Processes tab.
In the list of running programs, locate the process:
MSBLAST.EXE

Select the malware process, then press the End Process button.
To check if the malware process has been terminated, close Task Manager, and then open it again.
Close Task Manager.


[Edited by admin on 08-15-2003 at 02:54 PM GMT]