Bugtraq: Re: Win95 DoS Fix

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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.

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