[windows2000] Re: Conundrum: ICF and MSBlast
- From: "Chris Berry" <compjma@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 11:28:31 -0700
From: "Joe Mulhall" <Joe.Mulhall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
I was infected by MSBlast the other day and hit again while repairing
it yet I was running Internet Connection Firewall (default config
including logging and no services enabled)
As Microsoft points out in MS03-026, "If you are using the Internet
Connection Firewall in Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 to protect your
Internet connection, it will by default block inbound RPC traffic from
the Internet."
Okay I should have patched anyway but the firewall should have
protected me. I checked the settings while I was patching and was hit
again...
Logs show nothing at all.
How was I infected?
Because the built in XP firewall is about as effective as a pile of
spitwads. You should upgrade to zone alarm or IPCOP or somthing that has a
little more punch.
Chris Berry
compjma@xxxxxxxxxxx
Systems Administrator
JM Associates
"Q: How many software engineers does it take to change a lightbulb ?
A: It can't be done; it's a hardware problem."
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