Blaster Worm

I saw a story on Yahoo this morning about something called a Blaster or "Sans" worm. I guess it takes advantage of a vulnerability found in windows like 3 weeks ago. Just wondering what this vulnerability in windows is and how would one take care of it?

Thanks,

Guru

 

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-026.asp

 

Check the thread on "My computer is infected".

It is the same thing and there are some good links to help.

 

FUCK!

I got it at home last night....we run xp at home and i just read the story...all night it kept crashing and giving me that message...imnot very computer literate,,,is there a simple lin where i can download the anti virus???

 

http://news.com.com/2009-1002_3-5062485.html?tag=fd_lede1_hed

 

How do you get the virus? From e-mail? If we don't open any e-mail attachments, are we safe?

 

It comes through a non-firewall protected connection to the internet. I use Roadrunner and I leave the computer on all the time so it just "worms" its way in.

 

So if one is using a firewall then that should keep that nasty worm out of the system?

-Guru

 

Yes, if the appropriate ports are blocked.

 

if you have a firewall, this worm would not affect you unless you explicitly opened up some ports that are used for Remote Procedure Calls.

Basically, if you are not using a firewall, particularly on an always on connection, you are asking for trouble.