-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 05 Sep 2003 1:05 am, Charlie wrote: > > >>IIRC also doesn't infect win98 and Millennium boxes. [or is there >>just no patch for these from M$ because they no longer support >>those O/S's?] >> > > As I understand it, it uses a 'feature' introduced into NT and present > in all related versions :-) > > Anne > The exploit is of RPC DCOM. This service was introduced with NT.
The worm was written to exploit this hole on XP and 2000 boxes only, although NT boxes may crash from the assault. MS released patches for XP and 2000, but not NT because it is no longer supported. MS just released 5 new security advisories on Wednesday. These are serious holes in VB for applications and portions of their Office suite. - -- KevinO "If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?" - -- Lily Tomlin -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/WE+PWOfRC7Rnmv8RAl8DAKCGCnZligOG9DgTDBz3HBwnYIfnbQCeK7Q1 Q/Ib76/WTInTlFyrZG1dHz8= =j92S -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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