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The quote from The Langa List:
"The DCOMbobulator does two things:
* It allows any Windows user to easily test and verify that their Windows'
DCOM system *has* been correctly patched to eliminate the serious remote
exploit vulnerability which recently brought us all of the MSBlast Internet
worm excitement. We have confirmed reports that Microsoft's patch sometimes
does not "take", leaving Windows still vulnerable. The DCOMbobulator let's
anyone check any local Windows system.
* Secondly, and really most importantly, since virtually NO ONE needs (or
has ever needed) to have DCOM running, the DCOMbobulator allows any Windows
user to safely and easily disable DCOM and unbind it from port 135. I do a
comprehensive job of this on ALL versions of Windows, so that if the Windows
Task Scheduler and the "Distributed Transaction Coordinator" (MSDTC)
services -- which both also use port 135 -- are also disabled, Windows TCP
port 135 will finally be closed. )"
http://www.langa.com/current.htm#2
Quote from the grc.com site:
"Our 29 kbyte "DCOMbobulator" allows any Windows user
to quickly check their system's DCOM vulnerability, then
simply shut down the unnecessary DCOM security risk. "
http://grc.com/dcom/
"The DCOMbobulator does two things:
* It allows any Windows user to easily test and verify that their Windows'
DCOM system *has* been correctly patched to eliminate the serious remote
exploit vulnerability which recently brought us all of the MSBlast Internet
worm excitement. We have confirmed reports that Microsoft's patch sometimes
does not "take", leaving Windows still vulnerable. The DCOMbobulator let's
anyone check any local Windows system.
* Secondly, and really most importantly, since virtually NO ONE needs (or
has ever needed) to have DCOM running, the DCOMbobulator allows any Windows
user to safely and easily disable DCOM and unbind it from port 135. I do a
comprehensive job of this on ALL versions of Windows, so that if the Windows
Task Scheduler and the "Distributed Transaction Coordinator" (MSDTC)
services -- which both also use port 135 -- are also disabled, Windows TCP
port 135 will finally be closed. )"
http://www.langa.com/current.htm#2
Quote from the grc.com site:
"Our 29 kbyte "DCOMbobulator" allows any Windows user
to quickly check their system's DCOM vulnerability, then
simply shut down the unnecessary DCOM security risk. "
http://grc.com/dcom/