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Bill Sanderson

Indeed:

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Title: Microsoft Security Advisory Notification
Issued: August 14, 2005
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Security Advisories Updated or Released Today
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* Security Advisory (899588)

- Title: Vulnerability in Plug and Play Could Allow Remote Code
Execution and Elevation of Privilege (899588)

- Reason For Update: Advisory has been updated to advise customers
that Microsoft is actively analyzing and providing guidance on
a malicious worm identified as the "Worm:Win32/Zotob.A".

- Advisory Web site: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=51237

- Bulletin Web site: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=48900


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R

Ron Chamberlin

I've done some early Monday reading, and there appears to be a variant of
the bug that can affect even unpatched SP2 users. Do it now!

Ron Chamberlin
MS-MVP
 
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Anonymous Bob

Ron Chamberlin said:
I've done some early Monday reading, and there appears to be a variant of
the bug that can affect even unpatched SP2 users. Do it now!

Ron Chamberlin
MS-MVP

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5832849.html

A new Internet worm has been detected that can infect Microsoft's Windows
platforms faster than previous computer worms, according to an antivirus
software maker.

The Zotob worm appeared shortly after the world's largest software maker
warned of three newly found "critical" security flaws in its software,
including one that could allow attackers to take complete control of a
computer.



Bob Vanderveen
 
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Guest

is W32.Zotob.B targeting unpatch window xp sp2 and
W32.Zotob.A is targeting only Window 2000.

Am I right?
 
B

Bill Sanderson

The ref I have for that version at both TrendMicro and Symantec is down.

Information may be changing.

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R

Ron Chamberlin

My reading today seems to indicate that it may infect but not damage the
older O/S such as ME and 98. It will merely use them as platforms to launch
the attacks.

If this gets going, it could be 'shades of Blaster' which also let loose in
August just before my students came in.

Ron Chamberlin
MS-MVP
 
B

Bill Sanderson

I think it isn't going to get going, but time will tell. This phrasing
about runs on but doesn't infect would seem to involve some intentional work
on the part of the owners of the machines, or, I suppose, placement via some
further vulnerability--spam or whatever, and then hitting vulnerable
machines from behind the firewall.

Patching, and perhaps scanning for vulnerable machines. eEye has a scanner,
but it sounds rather crippled.

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B

Bill Sanderson

Yeah--I was wrong. I've only got one Windows2000 machine I take care of--my
mother-in-laws. I don't know what shape she's in at this point--I've got my
fingers crossed, but she's 94 or so, and has my 10-year old daughter on her
hands for a 3 day visit, and I'm not going to bug her. Autoupdate is on and
has been effective each time I've checked it in the past.

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