Re: Dumb Question When Buying A New Computer As A Gift

From: taff (taff_at_the-valleys.com)
Date: 12/26/03 

Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 04:00:52 +0000

Exactly, sorry, I was being a little sarcastic, :-=))

Taff............

On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 22:51:08 -0500, "David H. Lipman"
<DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:

>Once you are connected to the Internet (Dial-Up, DSL, Cable, ISDN, etc) the Internet sees
>your computer as well as you seeing the Internet. Once connected an infected computer sends
>out packets via TCP port 135. If you don't have a FireWall and are not patched, the worm
>performs an operation that causes a buffer overflow that allows the worm to insert itself
>into your computer.
>
>The following is from McAfee: http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100547.htm -
>"When run, it scans a random IP range to look for vulnerable systems on TCP port 135. The
>worm attempts to exploit the DCOM RPC vulnerability on the found systems to create a remote
>shell on TCP port 4444. It then instructs the system to download the worm to the
>%WinDir%\system32 directory and execute it. (The target system is issued a TFTP command to
>downloads the worm from the infected host system [TFTP UDP port 69]."
>
>Dave
>
>
>
>
>"taff" <taff@the-valleys.com> wrote in message
>news:rdanuv4an04k42tn2krh9sefua4l0tadr1@4ax.com...
>| Can you tell me how the msblast worm gets on to an unpatched computer
>| when it has only been to the windows update site then please ?????
>|
>| Taff.............
>|
>| Snip
>| >
>| >Infections cannot magically jump into your system. There must be some path.
>| >If the sites you visit are clean, they cannot be a source of infection. If
>| >the removable media you use are clean, they cannot be a source of infection.
>| >That leaves either a evil-doer who identifies your system IP address and
>| >hacks into your system even though you are not visiting a site OR infection
>| >from another system on your local area network. Even floppies infected with
>| >boot sector viruses are rendered harmless when your operating system is
>| >Windows 2000 or XP, the file system is NTSF, and there are no other
>| >operating systems installed.
>| >
>| >Be suspicious, but not paranoid.
>|
>|
>|
>|
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