The M$ patch would cause the reboot approximately 15-30 seconds after it finished installing unless the worm uses the -z option while installing the patch (which I hightly doubt, it probably only uses -q (quiet w/ no user interaction). Warren On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 DMelczer@xxxxxxxx wrote: > I don't think Variant D is installing the packages and making them > immediately active without a reboot. However, the changes it makes will > probably become active on the next user reboot. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Reese [mailto:GReese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 9:01 AM > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [THIN] Re: Virus Alert: New variant of MSBlaster coming your > way...!! > > > it is also interesting that a virus writer can find a way to silently > install patches without requiring a reboot but Microsoft can't. If > Microsoft's updates installed so effortlessly, there would be a lot fewer > problems. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jan Broucinek [mailto:tinybeetle@xxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 8:56 AM > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [THIN] Re: Virus Alert: New variant of MSBlaster coming your > way...!! > > > I'd never willingly allow this or a similar ilk into my network. But I > find the concept amusing. Imagine if every time someone released a > virus, someone else wrote a worm that hunts it down, kills the virus, > patches the machine, and then uninstalls itself. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nail, Larry" <lnail@xxxxxx> > To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 8:44 AM > Subject: [THIN] Re: Virus Alert: New variant of MSBlaster coming your > way...!! > > > > No, not the first helpful one, but honestly, do you really want > someone > > you don't know, doing this to your systems? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jan Broucinek [mailto:tinybeetle@xxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 7:44 AM > > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [THIN] Re: Virus Alert: New variant of MSBlaster coming > your > > way...!! > > > > That is just too funny. Somebody rewrote the mblaster virus to patch > for > > the hole and then remove itself when the year is 2004. 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