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

From: Bill Sanderson (Bill_Sanderson_at_msn.com.plugh.org)
Date: 05/04/04


Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 14:41:07 -0400

This is a symptom that others have posted here at times, and I don't have
any fix on the cause--don't know whether Jeffrey does.

I'm tempted to recommend a repair install of XP (with great care--disconnect
the network and activate the firewall immediately after the repair, unless
there is also a hardware firewall)--but I'm going to sit on my hands for a
while and see if others have better ideas.

"Usman" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:841701c431fb$7a0dbed0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> 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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