TCH-Rob Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 The worm primarily affects Windows 2000, it also can affect some early versions of Microsoft XP. Symptoms include the repeated shutdown and rebooting of a computer. Microsoft would not estimate how many users have been affected and described the problem as low-impact. It only hit 3000 machines at our work so I would say that once again MS is right on target. http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/08/1...worm/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevevan Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 The worm primarily affects Windows 2000, it also can affect some early versions of Microsoft XP. Symptoms include the repeated shutdown and rebooting of a computer.It only hit 3000 machines at our work so I would say that once again MS is right on target. Yep...it got CNN too, so it's only a "low-impact" problem. Gotta love it. Yet another reason to have some type of UPDATED firewall and anti-virus protection on any computer system you own. Thanks for the heads up, Rob! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Rob Posted August 17, 2005 Author Share Posted August 17, 2005 Yet another reason to have some type of UPDATED firewall and anti-virus protection on any computer system you own. Yeah, Our company does aerospace and government contracts. Our server team knew about it and patched their computers but never spread the word so now we have to go out and patch all of those computers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Bruce Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 Yeah, Our company does aerospace and government contracts. Our server team knew about it and patched their computers but never spread the word so now we have to go out and patch all of those computers. Don't you just love those government contractors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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