I have had nothing but trouble since I replaced my motherboard and processor. I have all the symptoms of the BLaster worm, except for some (not so) minor exceptions: I
did install the BLaster patch; no anti-virus (even Online ones) or anti-trojan picks up any trace of the bug, including Symantec's FixBLast.exe; and there are none of the files or registry entries typically associated with the BLaster bug or any of its variants.
What I
did have is something like the following: RPC errors and forced shutdowns when Online, at least until I changed the default setting to "Take No Action"; General Host Process errors, generally five minutes after going Online (but sometimes up to an hour after); inability to copy/paste; IE will not open new windows or open links which are off-site from the current page; Outlook hangs while loading; and a number of other minor annoyances. I have posted for help on
www.techguy.org and searched their forums for any related issues. I read that enabling the native Windows firewall might help (I already run McAfee anti-virus and firewall), so I did that.
Since then, my display driver became convinced that its highest setting was 1280x720x32 (nice squished rectangle with fat black bands across the top and bottom of the monitor--this took uninstalling and reinstalling the driver to persuade it to cooperate, and I haven't rebooted since) and the Explorer.exe process has taken a liking to crashing (erases most of the System Tray icons, closes any open "My Computer" windows, and occasionally ends IE) every so often, about as often as I had the "Generic Host Process" errors.
I still can't find anything wrong. I'll post my HijackThis or SpyBot S&D logs if anyone thinks they'll help (already did that at techguy forums). Does anyone have any info on what could possibly be wrong or how to find out?
Thanks in advance,
A very frustrated Krsqk
[OT] Info on pseudo-BLaster worm or variant?
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