Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 12:02:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Viktor Lazlo <viktorlazlo@telus.net> To: Dan Strick <strick@covad.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about MSblaster worm Message-ID: <20030814120208.O1513@njamn8or.no-ip.org> In-Reply-To: <200308141843.h7EIhCtl000524@ice.nodomain> References: <200308141843.h7EIhCtl000524@ice.nodomain>
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On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, 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? The difference is that unlike a normal Micrsoft product, the virus actually does something . . . Cheers, Viktor
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