Jonathan
Thu Aug 14 05:03:19 CDT 2003
Hi LC,
The Blaster worm supposedly has code in it to send a lot of requests to
www.windowsupdate.com starting the 16th. It won't hack it, but if everyone
who's infected starts sending a whole bunch of requests at once then it will
create a lot of traffic and slow it down. Microsoft knows about this and
are making sure they have enough resources to be able to keep the
notice-ability down to a minimum. The worm will not change any updates or
put new viruses on WindowsUpdate
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"L" <zero_one_flava@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:0d7b01c36247$23c79bb0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> can anyone tell me what is the likelyhood of being
> infected with the hacker attempt of the windows update
> site this saturday. as i believe the attack will be in
> the form of a worm that is designed to attack internet
> explorer . unfortunetely i am not able to acces online
> the windows update patches list at this time (although i
> am fully updated until july 2003) i am worried that when
> i go back online i wont have been able to install the
> necessary update that is required (if it is required)
> before the 16th and so if anyone can shed some light on
> this subject - which patch i need - i would be most
> grateful.
>
> regards
> LC