Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 22:57:21 +0200 From: "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" <listsub@401.cx> To: Dan Strick <strick@covad.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about MSblaster worm Message-ID: <3F3BF7B1.3040704@401.cx> In-Reply-To: <200308141843.h7EIhCtl000524@ice.nodomain> References: <200308141843.h7EIhCtl000524@ice.nodomain>
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Dan Strick wrote: > Recently I have seen a lot of newspaper articles warning about the > new "MSblaster" worm. They say that it uses a denial of service > attack mode. Once it installs itself on your system it causes the > system to crash and makes it difficult for you to get any work done. > > In what way is this different from a normal Microsoft product? > > mostly just curious - > Dan Strick > strick@covad.net The worm crashes the machine exactly every 60 seconds. None of the m$ products I know is that predictable. -- R
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