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Nova Star
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Posted - 2003.08.19 15:29:00 -
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While we are all moaning about the CTDs (yes believe me I am too) take some time and scan your systems for Blaster and Welchia viruses.
You know, W32.Blaster was not the only one that exploits the RPC (port 135) vulnerability. W32.Welchia was discovered after that and it (although it tries to clean Blast away) also causes network lag.
I suggest that all the players (I just did, no viruses) run the following programs. Also the EVE SERVER ADMINS should run them since I have my fears (as do many other players) that the server is infected by these bastards. Besides, if the server is clean it still never hurts to be sure.
So Symantec has provided two tools to check for W32.Blast/Welchia:
W32.Welchia: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.welchia.worm.removal.tool.html
W32.Blaster: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.removal.tool.html
Btw, I have many friends who had this even they were running firewalls and virus scanners. They also complained about huge network lag in MMO games. In one case one machine in my company was infected even it has been running behind the COMPANY hardware firewall...
This might not solve it but as I said, it does not hurt to check your computers.
--- Director of Ni ---
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries!
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Nova Star
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Posted - 2003.08.19 15:37:00 -
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Yeah, as I said it might not solve the problem. One of my friends had huge lag in Dark Age of Camelot. He ran the WElchia scanner and it found (and removed) the virus. After that no lag.
So it does not hurt atleast to check the systems :)
Maybe the servers are infected :)
--- Director of Ni ---
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries!
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Nova Star
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Posted - 2003.08.19 15:41:00 -
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Edited by: Nova Star on 19/08/2003 15:41:36
Read the log file in the same directory as your welchia scanner tool. If it deletes something I believe you had the virus.
For me the Blaster and Welchia scanners log file states:
W32.Welchia.Worm has not been found on your computer.
W32.Blaster.Worm has not been found on your computer.
--- Director of Ni ---
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries!
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Nova Star
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Posted - 2003.08.19 17:03:00 -
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Well, I scanned my Eve computer and no Welchia or Blaster, but my laptop had it (both in the same network with Internet connection).
However, my Eve is still CTDing. 3 times now during last 30 minutes.
--- Director of Ni ---
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries!
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Nova Star
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Posted - 2003.08.19 17:11:00 -
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I understand that it might not be so simple that a worm in your computer would affect this much and cause lag on your side. However, SIMPLE WORM like these can cause this kind of problems if thousands of computers are affected by it.
The fact is that Eve is unplayable now. And hopefully a fix is found sooner than never. However, the first step is to scan your own computers. Even my laptop was infected with Welchia even I have a firewall, updated viruscanner and NAT router!
--- Director of Ni ---
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries!
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