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Windows Worm knocks down corporations
« on: August 17, 2005, 09:13:46 am »
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2141224/windows-worm-knocks

It owned "CNN, ABC and the New York Times. DaimlerChrysler, United Parcel Service and Kraft Foods too reported that they were affected."

Make sure you all apply patch MS05-039.  This worm only affects Win2k, but xp is still vulnerable!
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Re: Windows Worm knocks down corporations
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2005, 10:35:33 am »
CNN was actually hit pretty hard.  All thier broadcasts were pushed back 30 minutes.
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Re: Windows Worm knocks down corporations
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2005, 11:07:59 am »
* Jojo the Jester gives up on moving things to the security board.
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Re: Windows Worm knocks down corporations
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2005, 11:34:08 am »
This is more "News" than "Security"
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Re: Windows Worm knocks down corporations
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2005, 11:47:43 am »
I saw this on the Today show.

Also, the worm only hits you if you download stupid files, i think i'm fine. :)

Edit: not to mention Trend Micro kills it.
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Re: Windows Worm knocks down corporations
« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2005, 12:07:56 pm »
h0h0h0~
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Re: Windows Worm knocks down corporations
« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2005, 12:52:22 pm »
If it only effects Win2k computers then my question is obvious: why the hell are they still using Windows 2000?!
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Re: Windows Worm knocks down corporations
« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2005, 01:00:08 pm »
A lot of companies still use Windows 2000.  Plus it only affected unpatched Windows 2000.
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Re: Windows Worm knocks down corporations
« Reply #8 on: August 17, 2005, 01:02:10 pm »
Our MAN's (Metropolian Area Network) Cisco Avvid IP Phone servers still run windows 2000.  Both the one for the phones and the voicemail.
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Re: Windows Worm knocks down corporations
« Reply #9 on: August 17, 2005, 01:07:31 pm »
Are they patched?
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Re: Windows Worm knocks down corporations
« Reply #10 on: August 17, 2005, 01:13:55 pm »
deadly7 - it's an automated attack, like Blaster or Sasser.  You don't have to download anything, it uses a flaw in Windows to get in. 

whoever complained about win2k - Moving to new systems, especially Windows ones, in large corporations is very difficult and expensive.  It's not like upgrading a single computer, it's more like upgrading 50,000 computers.  And it's not just reimaging, software and data have to be saved, too. 
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Re: Windows Worm knocks down corporations
« Reply #11 on: August 17, 2005, 01:26:29 pm »
Oh I can see the logic now.
It would be very expensive to drop a hundred a computer x 50,000!

The next obvious question is then: why don't they use Linux?!
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Re: Windows Worm knocks down corporations
« Reply #12 on: August 17, 2005, 05:21:53 pm »
Quote from: GameSnake on August 17, 2005, 01:26:29 pm
The next obvious question is then: why don't they use Linux?!
Because they aren't iago.
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Re: Windows Worm knocks down corporations
« Reply #13 on: August 17, 2005, 05:44:38 pm »
Quote from: rabbit on August 17, 2005, 05:21:53 pm
Quote from: GameSnake on August 17, 2005, 01:26:29 pm
The next obvious question is then: why don't they use Linux?!
Because they aren't iago.

h0h0. nice.
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Re: Windows Worm knocks down corporations
« Reply #14 on: August 17, 2005, 06:09:23 pm »
It's because... They NEVER do tech support themselves. They'll get like that expensive Red Hat thingy... so they have tech support, which ends up more expensive than Windows.
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