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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."

12 of 514 comments (clear)

  1. Possibly??? by MrPink2U · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First Post???

  2. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    yo yo

  3. First post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post!

  4. First post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    w00h00!

  5. mwoahahhahaha by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    f1rs4 p0st

  6. Multilateral by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sleep, baby, sleep, in peace may you slumber,
    No danger lurks, your sleep to encumber.
    We've got the missiles, peace to determine,
    And one of the fingers on the button will be German.

    Why shouldn't they have nuclear warheads?
    England says no, but they all are soreheads.
    I say a bygone should be a bygone,
    Let's make peace the way we did in Stanleyville and Saigon.

    Once all the Germans were warlike and mean,
    But that couldn't happen again.
    We taught them a lesson in 1918
    And they've hardly bothered us since then.

    So, sleep well, my darling, the sandman can linger.
    We know our buddies won't give us the finger.
    Heil - hail - the Wehrmacht, I mean the Bundeswehr,
    Hail to our loyal ally!
    M L F
    Will scare Brezhnev.
    I hope he is half as scared as I!

  7. First Growing Pains Theme Song Post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Growing Pains Theme Song

    As Long as We Got Each Other

    Sung by: B.J. Thomas and Jennifer Warnes
    (Dusty Springfield)

    Lyrics by: John Bettis

    Music by: Steve Dorff

    Show me that smile again (Ooh show me that smile)
    Don't waste another minute on your cryin'
    We're nowhere near the end (We're nowhere near...)
    The best is ready to begin

    Ooh...
    As long as we got each other
    We got the world spinnin' right in our hands
    Baby you and me...
    We got to be...
    The luckiest dreamers who never quit dreamin'

    As long as we keep on givin'
    We can take anything that comes our way
    Baby rain or shine...
    All the time...
    We got each other
    Sharin' the laughter and love

  8. so.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i finally wrote something coz i wasnt seeing anything even though i refreshed this page thrice

  9. Slammer Worm Slams Microsofts Own by __aajqwr7439 · · Score: -1, Offtopic



    Merry Christmas, Slahdot!

    xox,

    Dead Nancy

  10. Re:Somewhere, deep down in the bowels of Redwood C by R2.0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Old women cackle.

    Little girls giggle.

    Which image are you going for?

    --
    "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." A. Carlson
  11. Re:SQL Server by jtrascap · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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  12. Re:Microsoft Falls on Its Own Sword by Patersmith · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    no - "its" is the posessive form of "it"

    the dog ate its own puke

    "it's" is a contraction of "it" and "is"

    Look at that dog! It's eating puke!