msblast RPC Worm Causing Problems

We typically don't report on these sorts of virus and worm outbreaks on the internet, but I've personally encountered a lot more people affected by this one than previous high profile infections. A big handful of our #Wingnut regulars report having to fix this as well. CNN, Slashdot, Yahoo and others are reporting about the incident, but not all are providing links for tools to fix it. The above Slashdot link is a good reference, but basically if you're running Windows NT, XP, 2000 or 2003 you should quite quickly install this patch if you have not done so already. The worm causes an RPC error when you go online and then initiates a 60 second shutdown counter. If you've been infected, check out removal instructions here. Typing shutdown -s or shutdown /a in your Run command box should take care of the shutdown timer long enough for you to download the patch.