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The way this is talked about, this is different from the Zobot worm just recently discovered, as evidenced by this passage:

What was causing the damage was unclear, although experts pointed to a new worm called worm-rbot.cbq.

David Perry of Trend Micro, an Internet monitoring firm, said the latest worm may have been derived from the Zotob worm, which was first reported over the weekend.

Watch your machines! Patch them as soon as the patches come out!
1 posted on 08/17/2005 8:25:59 AM PDT by ShadowAce
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Thanks to N3WBI3 for pointing out this article.

2 posted on 08/17/2005 8:26:50 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: ShadowAce

Port 135, I suppose.


3 posted on 08/17/2005 8:27:48 AM PDT by proxy_user
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To: ShadowAce

Caterpillar had a worm?

Seems somewhat ironic.


4 posted on 08/17/2005 8:32:35 AM PDT by Redbob
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To: ShadowAce

Trend Micro let so many viruses into my computer they were having a party in there!


5 posted on 08/17/2005 8:39:01 AM PDT by OldFriend (MERCY TO THE GUILTY IS CRUELTY TO THE INNOCENT ~ Adam Smith)
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From other articles, I have seen, this happens when a laptop is brought within the firewall. It supposedly affects early XP systems (IMHO probably not security updated) and Win 2K systems.


6 posted on 08/17/2005 8:41:48 AM PDT by sr4402
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To: ShadowAce

The geniuses at Annoyances.org recommended this site/software to help close those ports.
http://www.firewallleaktester.com/wwdc.htm


8 posted on 08/17/2005 8:44:10 AM PDT by KateUTWS ( liberals have taken the lead in the practice of arguing ad hitlerum.)
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To: ShadowAce
don't worry! Windows has fewer security flaws than Linux! Steve Balmer said so! Besides, didn't Bill say just a couple of years ago that secure software was going to be the most important emphasis at M$? whoops -- my bad, he was actually talking about DRM
10 posted on 08/17/2005 8:52:05 AM PDT by chilepepper (The map is not the territory -- Alfred Korzybski)
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Watch your machines! Patch them as soon as the patches come out!

Yes sir! Mine is already patched.

14 posted on 08/17/2005 9:09:24 AM PDT by Redcloak (We'll raise up our glasses against evil forces singin' "whiskey for my men and beer for my horses!")
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To: ShadowAce

Reason #1000000000000 to get a Mac!


16 posted on 08/17/2005 9:17:58 AM PDT by Wacka
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If I ever get my hands on these a-holes who write these, I'll kick them in the stones so hard they'll appear to have 3 Adams Apples!


19 posted on 08/17/2005 1:08:53 PM PDT by theDentist (The Dems have put all their eggs in one basket-case: Howard "Belltower" Dean.)
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