Windows Worm knocks down corporations

[iago]

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!

[RoMi]

CNN was actually hit pretty hard.  All thier broadcasts were pushed back 30 minutes.

[Joe]

* Jojo the Jester gives up on moving things to the security board.

[iago]

This is more "News" than "Security"

[deadly7]

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.

[c0n]

h0h0h0~

[GameSnake]

If it only effects Win2k computers then my question is obvious: why the hell are they still using Windows 2000?!

[RoMi]

A lot of companies still use Windows 2000.  Plus it only affected unpatched Windows 2000.

[Sidoh]

Our MAN's (Metropolian Area Network) Cisco Avvid IP Phone servers still run windows 2000.  Both the one for the phones and the voicemail.

[RoMi]

Are they patched?

[iago]

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. 

[GameSnake]

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?!

[rabbit]

The next obvious question is then: why don't they use Linux?!

Because they aren't iago.

[c0n]

The next obvious question is then: why don't they use Linux?!

Because they aren't iago.

h0h0. nice.

[Ergot]

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.