hi all i also seem to have a problem with the msblast.exe. in the taskmanager i saw the msblast.exe was running. i downloaded the fixblast.exe and it detected 1 worm. i thought my problems would be over by now, but it seems like i still have problems with internet explorer and my filebrowsing. photoshop i also slightly buggy. can anyone give me some tips?

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just to clear things up...If you dont load the proper patch from microsoft after you to the fixblast from symantec you will not remain protected!!!!..... it important to do both other wise you will not keep the problem from happening again.... after you do both of those... upsdate your virus program to the latest definitions (I will just assume we all have virus protection)

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I suppose spell check woulda been nice

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Hi, In my case, the Norton Antivirus has been detecting the worm automatically, while the machine is on and connected to the net. However, the SVCHOST.exe crashes after the virus has been 'cleaned'. How is it coming in, I fail to understand, as I have just visited Google and other such trusted sites, and not opened any attachnments on the comp. Should I download the remover utility and de worm the machine ? My system has 2000. Thanks, Rajeev

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Same thing happened to me with my win2k. I received a msg like "Svchost.exe has generated errors and will be shut down" after which search, copy etc didn't work. Booting up solved the problem, but after a few minutes it happened again. I checked if my pc has the worm, but no: 1) there is no msblast*.* file anywhere in the PC. 2) Auto run is not in the registry 3) Task manager shows there is no msblast program running 4) None of my files contain the string "Love you san". I fixed the problem with the Microsoft patch. After that I keep on receiving these warning msgs from my firewall (Sygate) about the RPC ovetrflow attempts. Usually I got about 1 warning msg per day. Now I get one in every five minutes. Could it be that even though you don't have the worm, attempts to penetrate your system cause svchost to crash, making your PC dysfunctional?

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Like many of you I am running win2K and am having problems where I was originially getting the svchost shut down message but could find no trace of msblast in the processes panel. Also my computer has not been shutting itself down (yet) but is really unreliable - can't open IE in new window and my Outlook isn't working properly and I get script errors when I try and use Add/delete programmes. Also my Norton Anti-virus has failed and says please install. Anyone else having similar problems? Can anyone help?

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I downloaded symantec fix, but nothing was found. Search for alllllllllll lnown names as msblast.exe, msblast*.*, and many others listed on symantec and trend sites. But nothing was found, I actually found the msblast in the registry. NOW NOW I found the new name! It's DLLHOST.exe located under %SystemPath%/System32/wins, wich measures 10kb compared to the 8kb of the original dllhost.exe (see the difference between capital and lower letters also), which also contains a SVCHOST.exe which is actually TFTPD.exe only renamed!!!! WOW!!! I FOUND A NEW VERSION OF THIS F@#$&$%&/&(ING WORM! This creates serious calls to itself into the regitry under the appearance of RPCPatch (I haven't downloaded anything of this yet). Apart than the one located under the Internet explorer registry (msblast) search for it and you'll find. Please confirm my teory and if true spread it. I believe it's a new variant of the worm. Help, I must agree in something with this worm "Billy, stop making money and FIX THIS S.H.I.T.!"

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