PC world revelling in it, news 24 now....

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On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 12:22:33 +0100, "tHatDudeUK"
wrote:

PC world guy says Windows XP doesn't have a firewall and you need a
anti-virus software OR a firewall....

XP does have a firewall (but its crap) and surely you need both?!

A lot of the AV programs weren't geared up to detect this particular worm,
and so many would have allowed it to reside quietly on the hdd. However, any
half decent firewall would have stopped it TFTP'ing the other part of the
worm that was necessary for it to execute. In this instance a firewall was
far more important than the AV prog. Also....a firewall isn't much use if you
grant it permission to access the net, as did quite a few people (MSBlaster
wants to access the internet yes/no?) People said yes because they obviously
thought it was a part of Microsoft's XP system.

Just wonder how did they get that number of 350,000 infected computers?
Yes, it was estimated, but on what basis? Doesn't seem like a very large
number all things considered.

In article ,
says...

"Aosmosis" No SPAM Please wrote in message
...
Has anyone noticed now how they are pushing power surge protectors,
following the power problems in the states?
Next they will be selling generators.

UPS (uninterruptible power supply I believe) and then generators :-)

Where do I plug it in?
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In article ,
says...

"Johannes H Andersen" wrote in message
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Just wonder how did they get that number of 350,000 infected computers?
Yes, it was estimated, but on what basis? Doesn't seem like a very large
number all things considered.

I think it's got to be many mor. 2 computers I know of have got the virus
within minutes of being turned on with no protection... Also, my firewall is
logging attempted connections on port 135 every minute or so...



Why not just auto-block every attempt on port 135 from whichever place it's
coming from?
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a public meeting to fight apathy in Dorchester" - Dorset Evening Echo

Dom Robinson wrote:

In article ,
says...

"Johannes H Andersen" wrote in message
...
Just wonder how did they get that number of 350,000 infected computers?
Yes, it was estimated, but on what basis? Doesn't seem like a very large
number all things considered.

I think it's got to be many mor. 2 computers I know of have got the virus
within minutes of being turned on with no protection... Also, my firewall is
logging attempted connections on port 135 every minute or so...



Why not just auto-block every attempt on port 135 from whichever place it's
coming from?

My firewall is doing this already. But some computers may have this open to
enable RPC or DCOM or something like that.

In article , says...


Dom Robinson wrote:

In article ,
says...

"Johannes H Andersen" wrote in message
...
Just wonder how did they get that number of 350,000 infected computers?
Yes, it was estimated, but on what basis? Doesn't seem like a very large
number all things considered.

I think it's got to be many mor. 2 computers I know of have got the virus
within minutes of being turned on with no protection... Also, my firewall is
logging attempted connections on port 135 every minute or so...



Why not just auto-block every attempt on port 135 from whichever place it's
coming from?

My firewall is doing this already. But some computers may have this open to
enable RPC or DCOM or something like that.

Out of interest, what is RPC?
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/* 940 DVDs, 259 games, 33 videos, 67 cinema films, 69 CDs, laserdiscs & news
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"Organiser Eric Amy hit out today after just four people showed up for
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Dom Robinson wrote:

In article , says...


Dom Robinson wrote:

In article ,
says...

"Johannes H Andersen" wrote in message
...
Just wonder how did they get that number of 350,000 infected computers?
Yes, it was estimated, but on what basis? Doesn't seem like a very large
number all things considered.

I think it's got to be many mor. 2 computers I know of have got the virus
within minutes of being turned on with no protection... Also, my firewall is
logging attempted connections on port 135 every minute or so...



Why not just auto-block every attempt on port 135 from whichever place it's
coming from?

My firewall is doing this already. But some computers may have this open to
enable RPC or DCOM or something like that.

Out of interest, what is RPC?

Remote Procedure Call, can be implemented with DCOM (MS solution) or CORBA or
something like that (a disclaimer

Dom Robinson writes:

[...]

Out of interest, what is RPC?

Remote Procedure Call: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1831.txt