MSBlast has a new lease on life!
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The infamous Blaster worm gets a second chance! According to Brian Livingston, author of the original Windows Secrets series of books, the patch to fix the RPC flaws in most current versions of Windows (MS03-026) is undone by Win2K's SP4! :laugh::laugh: If you update to SP4, the only solution is to disable the DCOM service, which breaks any app you have that depends on it. In other news, the Sobig.F virus that hit the scene two days ago is now being found in 1 out of 17 emails - far better than the previous record for Klez.H, at 1 in 138 emails. Damn, Linux is looking better and better!:laugh:
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- Proposed Sign at CA/AZ BorderAfter years of happily living without any anti-virus program I have finaly given in. I know John Simmons and some others don't either use anti-virus programs but I am sure they are not so many any more. If things get worse I will even install a proper firewall instead of Microsofts. :) jhaga --------------------------------- I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room. Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
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After years of happily living without any anti-virus program I have finaly given in. I know John Simmons and some others don't either use anti-virus programs but I am sure they are not so many any more. If things get worse I will even install a proper firewall instead of Microsofts. :) jhaga --------------------------------- I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room. Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
CHeck out Computer Associates' ETrust product. It's far less destructive than Norton, and very effective and affordable. As for Microsoft's offerring, consider the source... X|
"Welcome to Arizona!
Drive Nice - We're Armed..."
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Roger Wright wrote: In other news, the Sobig.F virus that hit the scene two days ago is now being found in 1 out of 17 emails - far better than the previous record for Klez.H, at 1 in 138 emails. I am getting so many of these damn emails... :mad:
Jon Sagara
A bottle a night isn't alcoholism - it's persistence! -- A coworker, jokinglyMy firewall is reporting lots of MSBlast attacks, the best was 14 in a minute!
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants. - Isaac Newton 1676
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CHeck out Computer Associates' ETrust product. It's far less destructive than Norton, and very effective and affordable. As for Microsoft's offerring, consider the source... X|
"Welcome to Arizona!
Drive Nice - We're Armed..."
- Proposed Sign at CA/AZ BorderThanks for the tip! I am using something like AntiVir Personal Edition www.free-av.com[^] it is free. And ZoneAlarm I will put up once I get one more of those worms. :) jhaga --------------------------------- I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room. Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
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The infamous Blaster worm gets a second chance! According to Brian Livingston, author of the original Windows Secrets series of books, the patch to fix the RPC flaws in most current versions of Windows (MS03-026) is undone by Win2K's SP4! :laugh::laugh: If you update to SP4, the only solution is to disable the DCOM service, which breaks any app you have that depends on it. In other news, the Sobig.F virus that hit the scene two days ago is now being found in 1 out of 17 emails - far better than the previous record for Klez.H, at 1 in 138 emails. Damn, Linux is looking better and better!:laugh:
"Welcome to Arizona!
Drive Nice - We're Armed..."
- Proposed Sign at CA/AZ BorderPardon my ignorance, but does anyone have a simple and clear explanation of how these worms propagate themselves? I mean, I assume some asshole spent some time writing it. But how did he then unleash it? And how does it jump from computer to computer? I appreciate it. :) Regards, Alvaro
Hey! It compiles! Ship it.
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The infamous Blaster worm gets a second chance! According to Brian Livingston, author of the original Windows Secrets series of books, the patch to fix the RPC flaws in most current versions of Windows (MS03-026) is undone by Win2K's SP4! :laugh::laugh: If you update to SP4, the only solution is to disable the DCOM service, which breaks any app you have that depends on it. In other news, the Sobig.F virus that hit the scene two days ago is now being found in 1 out of 17 emails - far better than the previous record for Klez.H, at 1 in 138 emails. Damn, Linux is looking better and better!:laugh:
"Welcome to Arizona!
Drive Nice - We're Armed..."
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The infamous Blaster worm gets a second chance! According to Brian Livingston, author of the original Windows Secrets series of books, the patch to fix the RPC flaws in most current versions of Windows (MS03-026) is undone by Win2K's SP4! :laugh::laugh: If you update to SP4, the only solution is to disable the DCOM service, which breaks any app you have that depends on it. In other news, the Sobig.F virus that hit the scene two days ago is now being found in 1 out of 17 emails - far better than the previous record for Klez.H, at 1 in 138 emails. Damn, Linux is looking better and better!:laugh:
"Welcome to Arizona!
Drive Nice - We're Armed..."
- Proposed Sign at CA/AZ BorderI don't know if it's related, but since I've installed SP4 I suffer from inopportune reboots when closing the Media Player (6.4) :wtf::mad: oh, ":mad:" has been relooked, :cool:! I don't think it's related to the virus, my firewall blocks RPC. At work I get 10 to 20 "Sobig e-mails" per day (the double when adding the $#£! warning mails from Norton Antivirus), but none at home :cool:
I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise - Montesquieu
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Thanks for the tip! I am using something like AntiVir Personal Edition www.free-av.com[^] it is free. And ZoneAlarm I will put up once I get one more of those worms. :) jhaga --------------------------------- I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room. Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
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Outpost Firewall[^] from Agnitum is cool too.
I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise - Montesquieu
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The infamous Blaster worm gets a second chance! According to Brian Livingston, author of the original Windows Secrets series of books, the patch to fix the RPC flaws in most current versions of Windows (MS03-026) is undone by Win2K's SP4! :laugh::laugh: If you update to SP4, the only solution is to disable the DCOM service, which breaks any app you have that depends on it. In other news, the Sobig.F virus that hit the scene two days ago is now being found in 1 out of 17 emails - far better than the previous record for Klez.H, at 1 in 138 emails. Damn, Linux is looking better and better!:laugh:
"Welcome to Arizona!
Drive Nice - We're Armed..."
- Proposed Sign at CA/AZ Border:doh:
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Pardon my ignorance, but does anyone have a simple and clear explanation of how these worms propagate themselves? I mean, I assume some asshole spent some time writing it. But how did he then unleash it? And how does it jump from computer to computer? I appreciate it. :) Regards, Alvaro
Hey! It compiles! Ship it.
He can launch it from his own computer, all he has to do is infect himself and then his system will start scanning the internet for other IPs to infect... infections will rise expotentially until it reaches saturation and then people start applying patches, the infection rate begins to fall.
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Thanks! To scan for open ports I use: http://scan.sygatetech.com/[^] jhaga --------------------------------- I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room. Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
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The infamous Blaster worm gets a second chance! According to Brian Livingston, author of the original Windows Secrets series of books, the patch to fix the RPC flaws in most current versions of Windows (MS03-026) is undone by Win2K's SP4! :laugh::laugh: If you update to SP4, the only solution is to disable the DCOM service, which breaks any app you have that depends on it. In other news, the Sobig.F virus that hit the scene two days ago is now being found in 1 out of 17 emails - far better than the previous record for Klez.H, at 1 in 138 emails. Damn, Linux is looking better and better!:laugh:
"Welcome to Arizona!
Drive Nice - We're Armed..."
- Proposed Sign at CA/AZ BorderRoger Wright wrote: Damn, Linux is looking better and better! Really? I think it looks crappier and crappier every day that passes. At least if you look at the whole distribution. I have yet to find a distribution that's not braindead and that works the way I want. Slackware could be it maybe. My money is on FreeBSD. It attracts less zealots and more engineers. It's bound to become a better product than any Linux. :) -- Im hayu samim et hamo'ach shelcha betoch tsipor, hi hayta matchila la'uf achora!
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Aw, shucks, Lauren... We love you! I think I still have a copy of Back Orifice around here somewhere - shall I send it to you?:-D
"Welcome to Arizona!
Drive Nice - We're Armed..."
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The infamous Blaster worm gets a second chance! According to Brian Livingston, author of the original Windows Secrets series of books, the patch to fix the RPC flaws in most current versions of Windows (MS03-026) is undone by Win2K's SP4! :laugh::laugh: If you update to SP4, the only solution is to disable the DCOM service, which breaks any app you have that depends on it. In other news, the Sobig.F virus that hit the scene two days ago is now being found in 1 out of 17 emails - far better than the previous record for Klez.H, at 1 in 138 emails. Damn, Linux is looking better and better!:laugh:
"Welcome to Arizona!
Drive Nice - We're Armed..."
- Proposed Sign at CA/AZ BorderRoger Wright wrote: Damn, Linux is looking better and better! all this happiness is giving you away :suss:, come on Roger, close your KDE session and reboot with W2K ;P
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After years of happily living without any anti-virus program I have finaly given in. I know John Simmons and some others don't either use anti-virus programs but I am sure they are not so many any more. If things get worse I will even install a proper firewall instead of Microsofts. :) jhaga --------------------------------- I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room. Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
jhaga wrote: If things get worse I will even install a proper firewall instead of Microsofts. If you have old PC hardware collecting dust somewhere, try this: http://www.openbsd.org/[^]. You can NAT with it, firewall with it, bridge with it (transparent firewall/bridge). And it doesn't cost a thing. If you need help configuring the firewall software (which is really easy actually), send me a message and I'll help :) -- Im hayu samim et hamo'ach shelcha betoch tsipor, hi hayta matchila la'uf achora!
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Thanks for link! "Unable to determine your computer name! Unable to detect any running services!" :cool:
I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise - Montesquieu
Don't forget to do the Quick scan: http://scan.sygatetech.com/prequickscan.html[^] Only takes 30 sek. and gives alot of information [Edit: everything should be "Blocked"] jhaga --------------------------------- I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room. Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
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jhaga wrote: If things get worse I will even install a proper firewall instead of Microsofts. If you have old PC hardware collecting dust somewhere, try this: http://www.openbsd.org/[^]. You can NAT with it, firewall with it, bridge with it (transparent firewall/bridge). And it doesn't cost a thing. If you need help configuring the firewall software (which is really easy actually), send me a message and I'll help :) -- Im hayu samim et hamo'ach shelcha betoch tsipor, hi hayta matchila la'uf achora!
Thanks for the offer. Are you giving support 7/24? :) If not, I will use Linux. After all Linux is made in Finland. :rolleyes: jhaga --------------------------------- I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room. Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
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Don't forget to do the Quick scan: http://scan.sygatetech.com/prequickscan.html[^] Only takes 30 sek. and gives alot of information [Edit: everything should be "Blocked"] jhaga --------------------------------- I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room. Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
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Roger Wright wrote: Damn, Linux is looking better and better! Really? I think it looks crappier and crappier every day that passes. At least if you look at the whole distribution. I have yet to find a distribution that's not braindead and that works the way I want. Slackware could be it maybe. My money is on FreeBSD. It attracts less zealots and more engineers. It's bound to become a better product than any Linux. :) -- Im hayu samim et hamo'ach shelcha betoch tsipor, hi hayta matchila la'uf achora!
Hi - FreeBSD all the way !! I downloaded RedHat Mandrake and FreeBSD to see for myself what would fit best on my old laptop (Pentium MMX 166 32M RAM). RH and Mandrake both failed the test, they install too much junk I dont need with no decent way to upgrade or remove them. IMO, the FreeBSD "Ports" is the currently the best way to distribute packages today. Currently, I am running it as a internal web server, w/ MySQL , CVS, PHP, Apache.