Twisted Posted August 13, 2003 Share Posted August 13, 2003 Computer Virus Hits Internet A Windows vulnerability surfaced today that caused widespread computer outages and took many internet customers offline. The virus called "Microsoft Windows DCOM RPC Interface Buffer Overrun Vulnerability" affects only Windows 2000, Windows NT and Windows XP systems. Mediacom recommends all customers run the "Window Update" program usually found in all copies of Windows operating systems. Current security updates will prevent the vulnerability from being exploited and prevent subscribers from potentially losing network connectivity due to this issue. As a temporary measure Mediacom will be blocking certain internet ports in an attempt to limit the spread of this problem. We will unblock these ports again in a few days. Additional information can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/security/security...ns/ms03-026.asp Get protected before it is to late. My ISP E-mailed me about this one. Thumbs Up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idallen Posted August 13, 2003 Share Posted August 13, 2003 None of the TCH servers are affected - they all run Linux! Yay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-JimE Posted August 13, 2003 Share Posted August 13, 2003 Hi, This is transmitted via different worms. One that hit my work place was W32/Lovesan which meant patching just under 300 XP machines, let alone NT boxes. Thankfully after a big stint last night and this morning, everything is fine. Here at Total Choice Hosting, we use linux and so are unaffected. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatfolios sysop Posted August 13, 2003 Share Posted August 13, 2003 charter sent me an email too.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisted Posted August 13, 2003 Author Share Posted August 13, 2003 I posted it for all those windows users out there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jslagle Posted August 13, 2003 Share Posted August 13, 2003 A Windows vulnerability surfaced today that Today??????????? I got the notice from Microsloth on July 17th. I waited a day or so before installing to make sure they didn't have an update for the update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisted Posted August 13, 2003 Author Share Posted August 13, 2003 Heh. I have no clue. I just copied the e-mail I recieved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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