Zotob and Windows XP

[Jon]

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Recent news.....

http://news.zdnet.com/Zotob+worm+hole+also+affects+Windows+XP/2100-1009_22-5842359.html

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/virus/story/0,10801,104136,00.html?source=x10


Jon

 

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"Jon" <Email_Address@SomewhereOrOther.com> wrote in message
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> Recent news.....
>
> http://news.zdnet.com/Zotob+worm+hole+also+affects+Windows+XP/2100-1009_22-5842359.html
>
> http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/virus/story/0,10801,104136,00.html?source=x10
>
>
> Jon


A low severity issue (as we categorise them see
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/virus_severity_ratings.mspx) and
one already fixed (August 9th)

see

http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/zotob.mspx
and
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS05-039.mspx
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"Jon" <Email_Address@SomewhereOrOther.com> wrote in message
news:OV5QqQhqFHA.1788@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Recent news.....
>
> http://news.zdnet.com/Zotob+worm+hole+also+affects+Windows+XP/2100-1009_22-5842359.html
>
> http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/virus/story/0,10801,104136,00.html?source=x10
>
>
> Jon
>

 

[Jon]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Ok, thanks for the links. Wasn't aware that the SP1 vulnerablility had been
covered in the original bulletin / patch.

Jon

"Mike Brannigan [MSFT]" <mikebran@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/zotob.mspx
> and
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS05-039.mspx