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Not true
Script kiddies are more sophisticated...have been for quite some time.

Just the other day I witnessed a totally patched and up to date Windows XP Pro desktop suddenly reboot out of the blue and then the user was locked out of the system...the admin pw and user pw were changed. Then the PC went into promiscuous mode and began attacking other systems in the network.

The PC was a test machine to make sure the patch didn't break critical application functioning and is normally totally isolated, but when simply plugiing in a live internet connection (FW and IDS) the machine was instantly hit.None of the users had interacted with internet email or anything remotely similar to user carelessness.

This nasty attack is totally new and came in from the wild...given MS's slow response to reports of vulnerabilities, this not a zero-day exploit, this is a minus-30-day exploit.
Posted by: cburgess   Posted on: 10/14/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Exploit code raises Windows worm alarm  Loverock Davidson | 10/13/05
Sorry please play again  Linux User 147560 | 10/13/05
Message has been deleted.  Judas I. | 10/13/05
Why do you leave such juicy tid-bits...  Linux User 147560 | 10/13/05
Lovey just brings the BEST in me, doesn't he? (NT)  Judas I. | 10/13/05
The joke's on you  Loverock Davidson | 10/13/05
Bwahahahahahaha! I'm not surprised!  Judas I. | 10/13/05
I figured!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 10/17/05
You are correct  toadlife | 10/13/05
Your possibly right...  Linux User 147560 | 10/13/05
:-D  LoCal | 10/14/05
"overwhealming majoity"? Care to support that with  LoCal | 10/14/05
Care to you some common sense?  toadlife | 10/14/05
I did *use* common sense. I'll interpret your reply to mean you can't  LoCal | 10/17/05
Stats  HiRezL | 10/19/05
Thanks for taking the time.  LoCal | 10/22/05
eerr.. no... check the article  Iain_Peters | 10/16/05
"none of these exploits can work on XP or 2003"  HiRezL | 10/19/05
Good point, speaking of patches breaking software...  olePigeon | 10/14/05
Difficult time?  HiRezL | 10/19/05
The bad guys!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 10/17/05
First to post with some idiotic trolling bait again  LoCal | 10/14/05
What?  Real World | 10/14/05
Oh no, you mean... (:-o  LoCal | 10/14/05
Wrong. It's not that easy.  olePigeon | 10/14/05
Synchophant; spelt L-O-V-E-R-O-C-K...  BanjoPaterson | 10/17/05
Actually, it's spelt sycophant  BanjoPaterson | 10/17/05
Update Yourselves  jimc52@... | 10/13/05
And all these amazing patches explain...  zkiwi | 10/13/05
"Zombies"  toadlife | 10/13/05
Not true  cburgess | 10/14/05
Sure thing buddy  toadlife | 10/14/05
Count your blessings...  cburgess | 10/18/05
Better yet...  poocow666 | 10/13/05
(nt)This isn't a zero day explot  toadlife | 10/13/05
never worry about worms and viruses again  3D0G | 10/14/05
Ah--ha ha ha ha ha... Switch to Linux? Love your comment...  Grayson Peddie | 10/17/05
Right  HiRezL | 10/19/05
Article error: MS05-045 is not the FTP flaw  PB_z | 10/13/05
Childs play  Boot_Agnostic | 10/14/05
Patches don't matter  Billosaur | 10/14/05
Commodities  Harry Bardal | 10/14/05
People are stupid, Part 2  Billosaur | 10/14/05
Bad Example  Harry Bardal | 10/14/05
Owning up  Billosaur | 10/17/05
Outbreak Express  cburgess | 10/14/05
....  toadlife | 10/14/05
Good reason to use Thunderherd  Boot_Agnostic | 10/14/05
The Code is available  Zombo | 10/14/05
No_Ax, Loverock, Mike Cox Are On The Job  itanalyst | 10/14/05
Message has been deleted.  itanal | 10/16/05
No_Ax, Loverock - same person!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 10/17/05
Windows  wadeprater | 10/15/05
Sad but true - exploit is out and the patch is broken!  Jiim_z | 10/16/05
I am so relieved that Ch. Gates proclaimed war  michael_t | 10/17/05
Are you still using windows?  teckk@... | 10/17/05
That is why I switched to mac.  bradlwlk | 10/20/05

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