[4453] in bugtraq
Re: Win95 DoS Fix
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (vsn)
Sun May 11 22:05:28 1997
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 12:25:00 -0700
Reply-To: vsn.asn@ix.netcom.com
From: vsn <vsn.asn@IX.NETCOM.COM>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
Jamie Rishaw wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Quick fix for Win95 DoS attack:
>
> Look on your Win95 machine for "Vnetbios.vxd" files and rename them.
> After, reboot the system (shutdown completely and power-cycle).
>
> This seems to solve the problem.
>
> Two places I know that contains Vnetbios.vxd:
>
> \windows\system\
> \aol30\net\osr1
> ^ or your favourite AOL directory :-)
This does work, but you get the annoying "Missing File" error everytime
Windows is started. Another way to "fix" this problem is to delete the
VNETBIOS key located in:
"My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\"
>
> I dont know any additional ramifications of removing these files,
> but I do know they "fix" the problem.
>
So far I haven't noticed any side effects resulting from the deletion of
this key. I am not running File/Print Sharing so you may get different
results if you are.
--
Vikrum Nijjar
vsn.asn@ix.netcom.com
If knowledge is the key then just show me the lock.
