[THIN] Re: Virus Alert: New variant of MSBlaster coming your way...!!
- From: Warren Rees <wrees@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 12:40:59 -0400
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. This might be
> the
> > first instance of a "helpful" worm.
> >
> > Jan Broucinek, System Manager
> > Arthur Rutenberg Homes, Inc.
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> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jim Kenzig http://thethin.net"; <jimkenz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 10:03 PM
> > Subject: [THIN] Virus Alert: New variant of MSBlaster coming your
> > way...!!
> >
> >
> > >
> >
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