Microsoft Shuts Down Update Address
News Because the worm is programmed to attack only that address and not the site that it redirects to, the software giant has decided to eliminate the Windowsupdate.com address. The worm is programmed to start attacking Windowsupdate.com at midnight...
[August 18, 2003, 8:50]
Why Did MSBlast Fail To Take Down Microsoft?
News On 16 August, MSBlast began flooding Windowsupdate.com with a denial of service attack. This minor enhancement means that simply changing the IP address for Windowsupdate.com wasn't sufficient to keep it from being targeted.
[August 28, 2003, 13:30]
Cleaning Up After The MSBlast Worm
Talkback But, I'm unable to logon to the following web-site as suggested : http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ I'm trying to clean up the MSBlast worm from my computer. I did delete the file MSBlast.exe from the Registry.
[August 13, 2003, 18:53]
Networks Must Counter Triple Threat
News MSBlast contains a denial-of-service (DoS) attack aimed at Microsoft's windowsupdate.com. After several months of relative calm on the virus front, with only low-level threats, last week the MSBlast worm assaulted many networks and wreaked havoc on...
[August 21, 2003, 12:40]
SCO Offers Reward For MyDoom Author
News The MSBlast worm launched an attack on Microsoft's Windows Update service by sending data to windowsupdate.com. As part of the announcement, Microsoft offered two $250,000 rewards for the individuals or groups that released the MSBlast worm and the...
[January 28, 2004, 7:35]
DirectX Attack Expected - Patch Windows Now
News Last week's worm attack coincided with the Microsoft.com Web site falling over on at least two separate occasions, but the company denies that these faults had anything to do with the worm, which was designed to launch a denial of service attack...
[August 18, 2003, 14:00]
Cleaning Up After The MSBlast Worm
News Once the user is logged in again with administrator rights, what they need to do is load up Internet Explorer, and direct the browser to windowsupdate.microsoft.com. The MSBlast worm has caused widespread infection on the Internet.
[August 12, 2003, 14:59]
'Harmless' DNS Data Can Mask Attacks
News Servers infected with the MSBlast worm, for example, used the service to lookup the address of Microsoft's windowsupdate.com server, and that made DNS a good method for detecting compromised computers.
[August 2, 2004, 9:10]
Squashing The Next Worm
News In addition, the company had changed the Internet addresses to which the domain Windowsupdate.com refers, which likely means that a different network will handle the brunt of the attack. The criticism comes after the poorly programmed MSBlast worm...
[August 15, 2003, 12:25]
