Re: New MsBlaster worm?
From: Richard Urban (richardurbanREMOVETHIS_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 04/11/04
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Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 11:59:40 -0400
If you connect via broadband, I have seen computers get infected in about a
second (-:
-- Regards: Richard Urban aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-) "Steve N." <NoOne@nunya.biz> wrote in message news:vFdec.5024$k05.4766@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net... > Symantec lists 7 variants of blaster. There may be more. > > OEMs (including stupid Dell) are still delivering systems without even SP1 > installed, which is required for the security patches, so they are > un-patched, too. Also, many people think they are ok by merely installing > the patches but if the machine had not been firewalled and/or patched > prior to connecting to the `net they almost undoubtedly have been hit by > blaster or welchia as these worms are still circulating quickly. Takes > less than 5 minutes unprotected on the `net to get infected. So they patch > and think, ok I'm good, but they are already infected. > > Steve > > Chris wrote: > >> thanks Rick, you are probably right. >> have a goodin >> Chris >> >> >> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>Hi Chris, >>> >>>There are always variants to a bug, and blaster is no >> >> exception. Plus, you >>>can't protect people from themselves. I'm betting that >> >> the ones you fixed >>>went right back online without a firewall. The one with >> >> a new system >>>probably did the same thing. >>> >>>-- >>>Best of Luck, >>> >>>Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows >>>Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby! >>>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ >>>Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone >>>www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone >>>Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org >>> >>>"Chris" <cwlocke00@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>news:1b10501c41fd3$3eb07a10$a501280a@phx.gbl... >>> >>>>hi all, >>>>thanks for your feedback in advance. >>>>is there a new msblaster like worm out? >>>>in the last three days i have been approached by three >>>>individuals describing behaviors that sound like the >>>>msblaster. one of the machines was bought new from a >>>>local chain store. the other two machines i bought and >>>>know i put in the fixes for the msblaster worm. >>>>any ideas? >>>>thanks again >>>>Chris >>> >>> >>>. >>> >
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