Re: Blaster worm

From: Bill Sanderson (Bill_Sanderson_at_msn.com.plugh.org)
Date: 12/27/03 

Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 17:01:20 -0500

I don't think I'd say that the original patch was flawed. It still protects
against the exploit it was designed to protect against, and doesn't have
side effects that have people clamoring to remove it.

The newer patch protects against the original exploit and several newer
vulnerabilities not known at the time of the original patch--so it is
"better"--but that doesn't make the original patch "flawed" does it?

You do want to install the newer patch whether or not you've installed the
original patch, because of the additional vulnerabilities it covers.

"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@nospamcableone.net> wrote in message
news:vureadjvkpaob3@corp.supernews.com...
> Greetings --
>
> The original patch, from KB823980, was found to be flawed, and was
> replaced by the one from KB824146.
>
> Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-39
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=824146
>
> What You Should Know About the Blaster Worm
> http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp
>
> W32.Blaster.Worm a.k.a. W32/Lovesan.Worm
> http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html
>
> W32.Blaster.Worm Removal Tool
> http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.removal.tool.html
>
> W32.Welchia.Worm a.k.a. W32/Nachi.Worm
> http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.welchia.worm.html
>
> W32.Welchia.Worm Removal Tool
> http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.welchia.worm.removal.tool.html
>
> McAfee AVERT Stinger
> http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=stinger
>
>
> Bruce Chambers
>
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> "Alice" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:02c101c3cc96$5c04b940$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>> I remember several months ago there was a large amount of
>> information about a virus or worm named Blast or Blaster
>> or SoBig. I think it was MBlast.exe or something similar.
>> It appeared to only infect WinXP systems. My previous
>> WinXP had a download (Critical Update) for this problem
>> and it was KB823980 and I could see it listed when I went
>> to the Control Panel / Add/Delete Programs.
>> However, my son gave us a new notebook with WinXP on it.
>> However, we remembered the Blast(er) problem and looked in
>> the Add/Remove Programs and did not see KB23980 listed. We
>> went to the MS Critical Update page and there was no
>> Critical Update there to be downloaded for KB823980, nor
>> was there a Critical Update download for KB824146, which
>> we have learned is supposed to be a replacement for
>> KB823980. Can someone please tell us (senior citizens)
>> what we should do now to ease our minds about this 'virus'
>> (Blast/Blaster) which caused so much damage a few months
>> ago? My husband was advised (in a previous post) to
>> download KB824146 from another site (other than MS), which
>> we are really hesitant in doing because we would not like
>> to do something that could cause problems on this new
>> notebook. Can someone please help solve this problem for
>> us? Could it be we are already protected with some other
>> Critical Update download? Maybe our version of WinXP is
>> already protected? Please help us.
>>
>>
>
>

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