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Sasser Worm Disruption Growing
thebra writes "Yet another virus is causing problems with Internet Explorer. "Sasser, unlike a virus which travels through e-mails and attachments, spreads directly from the internet."A removal tool can be found here."
We tried installing MS04-014. It totally secured our network - it shut down out ADSL link until we removed it.
Thanks guys...
'Don't worry' said the trees when they saw the axe coming, 'The handle is one of us.'
Down the hall are the MCSE's. I can hear them shouting at each other about why this and that system wasn't patched.
Even the network big wigs are in the room with them.
Ahhhh... the joys of *nix....
Back to my wonderful coffee....
This is a test. This is a test of the emergency sig system. This has been only a test.
It's not fair. I sometimes wish I used windows.
All the windows folks in the place are sat around talking and drinking coffee because everythings broken, but us unlucky users of openbsd servers and linux desktops are having to work hard as usual.
It seems there are hidden benefits to choosing Microsoft products.
Wow, I'm witness to Slashdot jumping the shark. An article summary bore no resemblence to the actual article. This hasn't happened before.
I've always been a virus-writer-hater, but reading your comments, I'd say you're doing a pretty good job at convincing me that viruses are good...
the enemy [virus writer] of my enemy [spammer], while being useful, is he still my enemy or my friend?
I'm confused.
Typical *nix admin, thinking that posting on Slashdot is 'working hard as usual'.
Darwan: A large network in which selection determines node connectivity.
I'm in the hole of the broadband donut.
we have 2 people... 2! and maybe 6 machines to test on... we really need about 5 and 20 machines and 2 servers to test on so we can roll this crap out in a timely manner.
I get it now. Microsoft isn't the bad guy after all! They're trying like mad to increase your company's staffing by 150%, not to mention the trickle-down effect of quadrupling your machine count.
Microsoft Windows: It's not a virus portal, it's an employment generator!
I'm glad Microsoft's doing something about the outsourcing issue.
(Caution: the above comment contains satire, an element determined by the State of California to cause cognitive dissonance in affected individuals)
Stressed? Me? Of course not. Stress is what a rubber band feels before it breaks, silly.
I got a laugh when our security team sent out an update to their vulnerability notice for Sasser (doesn't affect my servers, hehe).
"[We] have learned of issues loading the Windows 2000 patch in MS04-011 when complying with [vulnerability ID].... systems can stop responding, users cannot log on to Windows, or CPU usage for the system process approaches 100 percent after installation of the security update. Additionally, [we] have heard that some systems may require a complete rebuild once the patch causes system to crash."
And the kicker, "Systems Administrators are advised to proceed with caution when patching Windows 2000 systems." Um, how exactly does one do that, with one hand on the power cord, or click the install button very slowly? Does applying the patch warn you "About to hose your system, proceed?"
In interesting quote from that article: "Experts agree that Linux computers are not as susceptible for a number of reasons including clear separation of functions like email and applications so that hostile code cannot be run without significant user intervention;"
It seems to me that non-hostile code cannot be run without significant user intervention either.
Still a bit better than MS admins, who think that posting misinformed bullshit on Slashdot is 'working hard as usual'...
It may actually be working hard if one is being paid to post misinformed bovine feces on slashdot.
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