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Networks must counter triple threat

...on the virus front, with only low-level threats, last week the MSBlast worm assaulted many networks and wreaked havoc on a lot of PCs... Read more

21 August, 2003 by John McCormick

Man arrested for MSBlast pleads guilty

...old Minneapolis man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to unleashing part of the MSBlast worm attack that wreaked havoc on the Internet last summer. Jeffrey Lee... Read more

12 August, 2004 by Declan McCullagh

FBI arrests MSBlast worm suspect

...officials confirmed on Friday that they have arrested a suspect in the MSBlast worm attack that compromised hundreds of thousands of computers earlier this month... Read more

1 September, 2003 by David Becker and Matt Hines

FBI closes in on MSBlast suspect

...would hold a news conference on Friday to discuss developments in the MSBlast worm virus investigation. The US Attorney's Office for the Western District... Read more

29 August, 2003 by Matt Hines

FBI near arrest in MSBlast case

...of Investigation are close to arresting a teenager in connection with the MSBlast virus. According to a report from the Associated Press, the 18-year... Read more

29 August, 2003 by Staff

Why did MSBlast fail to take down Microsoft

...on the Internet, including SQL Slapper and Nimda. I'm sure that MSBlast and its variations will be eating away at Internet traffic for a... Read more

28 August, 2003 by Jonathan Yarden

How I survived MSBlast

...Web site. There's another, more immediate way to protect yourself against MSBlast that doesn't involve patches or Service Packs: if you have a... Read more

22 August, 2003 by Matthew Broersma

New Windows flaw similar to MSBlast bug

...Wednesday that could have a similar effect to that of the dreaded MSBlast worm of August. The flaws, which affect Windows NT 4.0, Windows... Read more

11 September, 2003 by Michael Kanellos

Patch now to beat virus

...because the vulnerabilities are very similar to the flaws exploited by the MSBlast worm. "This is essentially the same type of vulnerability," said Alfred Huger... Read more

11 September, 2003 by Michael Kanellos

Worm claims Sussex Police computers

...hit by the W32/Nachi worm, which is a variant of the MSBlast worm that started spreading around the globe early last week. Nachi was... Read more

27 August, 2003 by Munir Kotadia

Virus Round-up: Treble trouble

...nothing for ages and then three come at once. Last week the MSBlast worm assaulted many networks and wreaked havoc on a lot of PCs... Read more

22 August, 2003 by ZDNet UK

Windows patches may become automatic

...2004. Automatic installation of security patches might have helped prevent the recent MSBlast worm, which successfully attacked hundreds of thousands of PCs that had not... Read more

21 August, 2003 by Matthew Broersma

Preventing and removing the Nachi worm

...traces of another. Nachi (w32.nachi.a, also known as Welchia, worm_msblast.d, and Sachi) exploits the same Microsoft DCOM RPC Windows flaw as... Read more

20 August, 2003 by Robert Vamosi

DirectX attack expected - patch Windows now

Microsoft seems to have survived the MSBlast worm attack, but now the company is urging Windows users to patch... Read more

18 August, 2003 by Munir Kotadia

Microsoft shuts down Update address

As part of its effort to stop the progress of the MSBlast worm, Microsoft is killing off the Windows Update address that the self... Read more

18 August, 2003 by Ina Fried

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