MS04-011 worm in the wild

[Tuttle]

We could (hopefully) all see it coming, but: http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/sasser.shtml

If you haven't yet patched your systems with the April 13 patches, now would be a really really really good time to do it.

[Vernon Frazee]

Originally posted by Tuttle
...If you haven't yet patched your systems with the April 13 patches, now would be a really really really good time to do it.

Amen!

Source: ZDNet > News Security > May 1, 2004 08:25 AM PT > Sasser work begins spreading

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The Sasser worm spreads from infected computer to vulnerable computer with no user intervention required. The worm scans for vulnerable systems, creates a remote connection to the system, installs a file transfer protocol (FTP) server and then downloads itself to the new host.

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Microsoft > May 1, 2004: What You Should Know About the Sasser Worm