-=PCTechTalk=- Re: need help with patch for worm
- From: "Wyatt M. Portendt" <nunyabidness6@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 17:05:34 -0500
When you're on the internet with no firewall, your machine shares are
available. There is a security hole that allows a person or program to
connect to a port and then arbitrarily do anything that you can do on the
machine behind your back. Anyone who scoffs at updates or firewalls
deserves to get a taste of this.
On 8/15/2003 at 12:37 PM a whisper was heard, and the one known as Andy was
rumoured to have uttered....
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "David Weaver" <weaverdj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
|
|
| > Complete Instructions
| >
| > If your machine is constantly rebooting..or has a constant
| RPC error
| > then you are infected with msblast.exe. This worm infects
| machines just
| > by being connected to the internet..you do not have to open
| an e-mail or
| > anything to become infected.
|
| I keep seeing this, but haven't yet seen an explanation of HOW
| it does it..I
| assume it is an executable file (hence the .exe), which means
| it needs some
| 'User Input' to execute it...How can just being connected to
| the net do
| this?
|
| Andy
|
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