# Rcp Worm! Must Read!
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rcp-worm-must-read/28325
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [August 12, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rcp-worm-must-read/28325 "2003-08-12T16:54:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@REEF](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/REEF)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rcp-worm-must-read/28325/1 "2003-08-12T16:54:00Z")
Ok guys, this is really really bad. There is this thing called the RCP worm. Its spreading all across computers in the world, and really quickly.
If your computer has been giving a popup window that says something about NT/AUTHORITY/SYSTEM and says that the RCP was terminated, your comp is infected. I dont know whos doing this. There was a leak in windowsXP and someones taking advantage.
I highly recommend getting mcafee to do a search. Man, this thing infected both my bros comp and my comp in the same day. If you think its infected just us, go check out google. Or for people who has Microsoft Outlook Express, if you subscribed to certain news forms, you’re likely to get this email about the RCP worm. My bro did. Hopefully if youve been getting windows updates off of [www.microsoft.com](http://www.microsoft.com), this thing will not affect ur comp. If your comp is already infected theres no point in getting updates anymore. I still have this thing in my comp. It keeps turning off my comp…
Get a free check at [McAfee](http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/scan.asp)…👽
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rcp-worm-must-read/28325/2 "2003-08-12T16:55:44Z")
Yikes, I think thats why theres people saying their computer keeps on restarting and such.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rcp-worm-must-read/28325/3 "2003-08-12T16:58:28Z")
McAfee sucks.
> **[AVG Free Antivirus Download | Virus Protection Software](https://www.avg.com/en-us/free-antivirus-download)**
>
> Download FREE AVG antivirus software. Get protection against viruses, malware and spyware. Easy-to-use virus scanner for PC, Mac & mobile. Download TODAY.
download AVG, update the definitions and then do a complete system scan.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2003, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rcp-worm-must-read/28325/4 "2003-08-12T17:06:37Z")
Yea Maxtr0sity, thats whats happening to my comp. And Jubba…mcafee does not suck, its the leading prog for viruses right now. I heard of avg too, i was gonna get that but mcafee is better.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2003, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rcp-worm-must-read/28325/5 "2003-08-12T17:09:21Z")
“better” is subjective
Rev 
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rcp-worm-must-read/28325/6 "2003-08-12T17:12:26Z")
Hehe, you people are so silly. I have never gotten a virus in my life or any kind of program that caused damage, I’ve never installed any virus protection programs. I feel so special.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rcp-worm-must-read/28325/7 "2003-08-12T17:12:58Z")
very subjective. i had a virus on my computer and mcafee didn’t catch it. i got norton and lo and behold, there was a virus that was slowing my new machine down.
mcafee does suck.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rcp-worm-must-read/28325/8 "2003-08-12T17:14:33Z")
Whoops, my bad, i mean norton is the leading prog. \*\*\*\* i wish i bought norton.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rcp-worm-must-read/28325/9 "2003-08-12T17:15:26Z")
One bad side to Norton is that they make you pay for virus updates.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rcp-worm-must-read/28325/10 "2003-08-12T17:16:47Z")
As I said before, I work in a computer shop and thru testing, my own results show that on many trials, AVG caught viruses that were missed, not only by McAfee, but also by Norton. In terms of overall protection the professional version of AVG is by far the best Anti-virus software on the market today.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2003, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rcp-worm-must-read/28325/11 "2003-08-12T17:17:53Z")
AVG just isn’t marketed enough I think. I have never seen AVG on store shelfs.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rcp-worm-must-read/28325/12 "2003-08-12T17:20:13Z")
Neither have I. It doesn’t get much press, but grisoft is an excellent company and the program is great. lol we had this one guy come in and AVG found 875 viruses on his computer. He had the comp for 3 years and never checked for viruses.
It was just a stuipd e-mail worm that kept duplicating itself… 875… I wish I could have charged him per virus
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2003, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rcp-worm-must-read/28325/13 "2003-08-12T17:22:40Z")
> \*Originally posted by Maxtr0sity \*
> \*\*One bad side to Norton is that they make you pay for virus updates. \*\*
i’ve had virus updates done since i’ve gotten norton, and nobody has charged me anything. :-\
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2003, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rcp-worm-must-read/28325/14 "2003-08-12T17:23:46Z")
> \*Originally posted by Maxtr0sity \*
> \*\*Hehe, you people are so silly. I have never gotten a virus in my life or any kind of program that caused damage, I’ve never installed any virus protection programs. I feel so special. \*\*
just give it time. One will get all of your data… gone… lost forever…
oneday it will happen. Maybe it will, even if you have anti-virus software, but it definitely will if you don’t
Rev
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2003, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rcp-worm-must-read/28325/15 "2003-08-12T17:23:53Z")
yeah I’ve never heard of that either…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rcp-worm-must-read/28325/16 "2003-08-12T17:24:36Z")
Rev, whats up with your server?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rcp-worm-must-read/28325/17 "2003-08-12T17:24:51Z")
I think they charge you or make you pay somehow after a trial period which is usually 90 days.
As for Jubba, ahaha, how does his computer work with all those viruses?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rcp-worm-must-read/28325/18 "2003-08-12T17:25:18Z")
I use Norton Corp Pro, and it goes out, gets the updates, and installs them for me… I never have to do anything but approve the files it finds to delete.
Rev 
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rcp-worm-must-read/28325/19 "2003-08-12T17:26:25Z")
Hmmmm, I always thought they where like a trial thing.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rcp-worm-must-read/28325/20 "2003-08-12T17:26:38Z")
We got the w32 Lovesan.worm at work… it sucked because we were among the first people to get it… Mcafee still didn’t know what was going on when we called tech support, but later on at night they released a new version of stinger with a fix.
Microsoft had already taken care of the security hole that the worm uses two weeks ago, but some of our computers at work hadn’t updated yet… it sucked
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