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Slammer Worm Slams Microsofts Own

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the oops-they-did-it-again dept.

MondoMor writes "Microsoft's forgot to patch some of its own servers to protect it from the months-old vulnerability exploited by the Slammer Worm, reports C|Net. Oops. Apparently Redmond's network was hit pretty hard. Just goes to show that no matter who you are, you'd better keep your apps patched." Update: 01/29 01:59 GMT by T : And if you're running systems which might be affected, take note: whitehorse writes "The Microsoft KB article for the Slammer patch found here has an incorrect URL for 'Download the patch' referring to KB Q316333 which is only a handle leak fix. The real patch may be found later in the article."

6 of 514 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Possibly??? by calethix · · Score: 5, Funny

    damn
    i would've beat you if MS SQL wasn't slowing me down

  2. 10 bucks... by PFactor · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...says that patch management in Microsoft operating systems gets 100% better in 1 year :P

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    Don't believe anything I say. I crash test crack pipes for a living.
    1. Re:10 bucks... by Tingler · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'll take that bet.

      Are you new to computers? :)

  3. Somewhere, deep down in the bowels of Redwood City by instantkarma1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Larry Ellison is cackling like a little girl........

  4. MS Tech guy by objekt · · Score: 5, Funny

    (found on another forum) 01/25/2003 1:04:37 PM

    "MSN was total messed up, I couldn't even log on to the net last night it said that my user name and passworded was invalid so I call them up and the tech guy says wow that's weird I can't ether."

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    1. Re:MS Tech guy by sulli · · Score: 5, Funny
      and it was like BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP, and then, like, half the network was gone. It devoured the network.

      It was a really good network.

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      sulli
      RTFJ.