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August 12, 2003
*@$!(*@%!!!
So.
That worm going around? The one that exploits a security hole the size of a mountain in the Windows NT/XP family?
Guess who got it.
No, not me. I'm still running '98. But Matt, the boyfriend... yeah.
In case you didn't know, this thing, this MSBLAST thing, allows script-kiddie shitheads to get into your machine and look around a bit. And erase stuff. And leave stuff behind. Sort of sucks. Especially since the only way to fix everything is a reformat and reinstall.
But fortunately, we caught it in time to prevent the hack. He just got the worm, which I guess is just hacker prep-work. After about four hours, we got rid of it. Pretty scary for a minute there, though. Yeah, yeah, we should have had a firewall up, but the one I installed a few weeks ago wasn't playin' nice with Direct Connect (omg warez).
So, yeah. Anyone running NT or XP: UPDATE, folks. We got off lucky. A lot of people aren't gonna.
And we've got Christian to thanks for saving our asses, too. So give 'im a few hits, wouldja?
Posted by Spike at August 12, 2003 12:44 PM
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