Re: Hit by sasser, cannot connect to remote desktop afterwards

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From: Usman (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/04/04 

Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 10:16:02 -0700

Hi,

No I did not activate the firewall (and I have tried that
as well with remote desktop enabled). On further testing I
found a most disturbing behavior. Everytime I try to
remote desktop in to the computer it reboots!

Usman.

>-----Original Message-----
>As part of removing Sasser, did you lock down the
firewall, or a
>nat/router--in order to get the infection cleared up?
>
>I don't have first-hand experience with removing Sasser,
yet.
>
>"Usman Khalid" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message
>news:814e01c431d8$75820a10$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was recently hit by sasser on my Windows XP Pro
machine
>> at work. Before this I was extensively using remote
>> desktop and it worked great. For the last few days I
have
>> been unable to connect to the machine anymore. I
initially
>> thought it was because of sasser so I removed the virus
>> using the patch provided by MS. However, the problem
with
>> remote desktop still persists. I would be very grateful
if
>> someone has any insight regarding this matter.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Usman.
>
>
>.
>

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