New worm out

[James]

Hi ... I am in the toronto area here and i just heard on
the radio that there is a new worm out and that micorsoft
has a fix for it ... Can someone direct me to the URL for
this fix ???

 

[Chris Lanier]

MS03-026: Buffer Overrun in RPC Interface May Allow Code Execution
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=823980

Enable the windows XP Firewall
https://www.microsoft.com/technet/t...nol/winxppro/proddocs/hnw_enable_firewall.asp

More info about the worm:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html

Test your system
https://grc.com/x/portprobe=135

 

[Brooks]

http://microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp