Blaster Worm

The worm virus known as the blaster worm dates back to the early 2003 era. The reason it has been so deadly and so talked about is because this worm spreads throughout a users system without their action, and distributes many different versions of itself across networks that are connected to a machine. It does this by using RPC (Remote Procedure Call) ports.

There has been another worm virus called Blaster-D / Nachi which while it shares the name of its malicious counter-part, it is rather different in how it works. This worm works to undo what a blaster worm does by browsing through corrupted file systems and patches up as well as cleans anything that has been tainted or corrupted. Software patches also are put in place to prevent any type of further infection in the future. This was astonishing when it was first found out that the virus had these components built in, but some professionals still remain wary.

Their reasoning is that any PC program should ask permission from the computer user before taking action, even if those actions are beneficial in any way. While this is the belief of those against the 32 blaster type worm, if it helps the end user then what does it matter? Regardless one should always make sure that their computer is update with the latest software as well as the best and newest anti-virus protection (AV ware).

There are a lot of unknown aspects about the Blaster-D/Nachi, however technicians do know what file specifically the virus looks for once it is loaded by a computer system. That file is called msblast.exe, and it is what launches the process for the clean up of your computer system. The worm then will call to Windows for a software patch that then is downloaded. Once the download successfully finishes then your computer will be up to date and your security hole will be closed. This doesn’t mean that your computer will be 100% guaranteed safe from all viruses, but it will help to prevent the 32 blaster worm.

If you feel like you don’t know what to do to protect your computer from a potential virus, or if you computer has been unnaturally slow of late (which is the #1 symptom of any computer virus) then you should probably go and speak with a professional. Often you can call and get a free quote, or even be walked through the steps on how to deal with these types of blaster worm viruses.