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MS05-039 Worm in the Wild

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the brace-for-impact dept.

An anonymous reader noted that SANS is reporting that the MS05-039 worm is in the wild. It has been named Zotob.A. Not a lot of information on this one yet except that it's trying to FTP files from a subnet.

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  1. Re:no subject really by FullCircle · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Keep in mind that Microsoft leverages security patches to force upgrades.

    XP and 2003 are just 2000 with paid patches.

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  2. Re:What drives people to do this... by Monkelectric · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Every time some new worm is released onto the Internet, I ask myself what drives the sick people who create such things. What can we do to provide more disincentives to keep them from being jerks?

    Honestly, I think they are heros. Worms can do truely hideous things, the worms going around don't do anything that harmful. They are warnings that our infrastructure is unsafe. Do you think when someone who wants seriously to harm us releases a worm, all it will do is spread? The point of the worm is not the worm it is *THE PAYLOAD*. The worm simply carries the payload. The payload steals information, destroys computers, waits for years to destroy you...

    Blame the people who make the worm possible.

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