Re: New worm targets Windows Update

From: Bit Twister (BitTwister_at_localhost.localdomain)
Date: 08/15/03 

Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 00:06:49 GMT

On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 23:54:23 GMT, Jeff Umbach wrote:
> However, you can find the patch on the security section of microsoft.com, so
> windowsupdate is not required.
>
> Direct link: http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp
>
> The patches are near the bottom of the page and they're .exe installers, so
> you can just use those to patch your whole network rather than running a
> dozen windows updates at once.

Great, help them bypass the other patches for exploits MS has not
told us about.

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