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Win32 Blaster Worm is on the Rise

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-can't-hold-her-together-any-longer-captain dept.

EvilNight writes "You know you've got it when a 60 second shutdown timer pops up on your screen. The virus uses the RPC vulnerability. It looks like it's reaching critical mass today. Luckily, it's an easy one to stop: Download this security update. Once you've installed that patch, go here and download the removal tool." Update: 08/12 19:19 GMT by M : Security bulletin URL corrected.

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  1. Re:Honest question by killmenow · · Score: 3, Redundant

    (Better yet)

    To whom it may concern:
    Why aren't you blocking stupid useless open ports from the Internet? There are freely available tools if you insist on running Windows. Then again, most electronics stores sell standalone broadband firewall/routers. If you used one of those, you could take your time and patch whenever you feel like it...

    I tell all those in my circle of influence: never connect to the Internet without a firewall in place. It makes no difference what your host OS is. At the least, you should be running a host-based firewall like Zone Alarm or ipchains/ipfilter/etc. Even better is a standalone box that does nothing but firewall. It's just prudence...even on a simple home PC or LAN.