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Originally posted by trebor
the worm has the ability to execute any command on the pc
how about a quick format that wouldn't do your data much good.
as it is the worm is coded to just issue the shutdown command
but it could get a lot worse.
also the port hits on 135 are not getting any less I'm up to 157 today so there is still a lot of un patched pc's out there
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The worm is not supposed to harm your PC but it is unstable and often terminates an important system process when you are online, this is why infected PCs restart after a couple of minutes online.
It is designed to send copies of itself to a range of IP addresses, starting in the same range as your own. If your IP address started with 81 for example, it would attempt to distribute itself around other people whose IP addresses also start with 81.
If it cannot send itself it basically crashes, which is why you see your PC restart. By this time though it has probably sent itself many times.