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11-08-2003, 18:45
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Beware!!!!
BEWARE there is something very nasty happening to ALOT of customers PC's at the moment!!
after booting up, they get the following message on their windows
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system shutdown. this system is shutting down ......
....this has been intitiated by nt authority/system etc etc
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basically its reboting the pc, over and over again.....
the NTL gods are frantically investigating this...
ill keep ya posted
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11-08-2003, 18:46
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God almighty!!!
What the hells going on!!
Luckly at the mo this pcs connected to adsl,
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11-08-2003, 18:49
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11-08-2003, 18:50
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Isn't it the RPC vul?
Disabling this is only one small thing in securing an M$ box.
EDIT: Yes it is, checked the link. :p
Further EDIT: Why the hell have NTL put something on the service status about it?
It's NOTHING to do with them.
This will only lead to customers phoning up and complaining for lost work etc. 
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11-08-2003, 18:52
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Well finally having ME as my OS has a positive advantage!
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11-08-2003, 19:00
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Originally posted by Roger K
Further EDIT: Why the hell have NTL put something on the service status about it?
It's NOTHING to do with them.
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ummm  thats not strictly true....tho i cant elaborate any more at the mo sorry
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11-08-2003, 19:02
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So....this is originating from within NTL?
I've heard various stories about this all over the net though so it's not just happening to NTL customers.
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11-08-2003, 19:06
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Originally posted by Mark W
ummm thats not strictly true....tho i cant elaborate any more at the mo sorry
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So what has it got to do with ntl ??
Inline with I would imagine just about every residential ISP out there customers are responsible for the security of their own PCs *not* the isp (its in the user policy/terms if you want to go looking) . If people cant be bothered keeping up to date with the latest updates from their OS vendors then how is that the ISPs responsibility ?? Or are you advocating that your ISP net nannies you by blocking certain protocols at the border routers ??
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11-08-2003, 19:11
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ummm...it seemed to happening to ntl customers only - tho that seems to have changed now...
oh, and dont call tech support about it - with 96 calls in the queue (and climbing rapidly) we are in meltdown 
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11-08-2003, 19:14
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Quote:
Originally posted by Mark W
ummm...it seemed to happening to ntl customers only - tho that seems to have changed now...
oh, and dont call tech support about it - with 96 calls in the queue (and climbing rapidly) we are in meltdown
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So get an IVR stuck up and reword the server status page to reflect the fact its nothing to do with a specific ISP 
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11-08-2003, 19:19
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Originally posted by fraz
So get an IVR stuck up and reword the server status page to reflect the fact its nothing to do with a specific ISP
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an IVR is already up....
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ntlhome customers may currently be experiencing problems with their PC arising from a possible Windows vulnerability. We are currently investigating the specifics, but customers may experience their machine rebooting over and over again. In order to prevent your machine from repeatedly rebooting please remove the power from your broadband modem.
Please call the server status line on 0800 052 4315 for further updates.
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11-08-2003, 19:24
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Its also affecting Virgin dial up users (course they're on the same network)
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11-08-2003, 19:27
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/me gives up. Its an OS vulnerability that isn't ISP/network specific . If you're running an affected OS regardless of ISP then patch your kin system!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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11-08-2003, 19:28
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Everyone should get on to Microsoft.. Say they've lost loadsa dead important stuff.. Might get some freebies, Infact im going to ring them now :p
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11-08-2003, 19:28
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So should I install the above patch? Bearing in mind I am on a standalone home PC behind an up to date firewall.
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