Blaster worm.The W32/Blaster-A worm (also known as Loysan, MSBlaster or Poza) which has been infecting users across the world also contains a mocking message for Microsoft's chairman Bill Gates (person) Bill Gates - William Henry Gates III, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, which he co-founded in 1975 with Paul Allen. In 1994 Gates is a billionaire, worth $9.35b and Microsoft is worth about $27b. , attempted to launch a denial of service attack An assault on a network that floods it with so many additional requests that regular traffic is either slowed or completely interrupted. Unlike a virus or worm, which can cause severe damage to databases, a denial of service attack interrupts network service for some period. on a website run by Microsoft for the purpose of distributing important security patches A fix to a program that eliminates a vulnerability exploited by malicious hackers. See vulnerability and patch. which was ineffective. Users of Apple Macintosh Apple Macintosh - Macintosh and Unix computers are not affected by the Microsoft security vulnerability, and are not at threat from the worm. More information regarding the Blaster worm can be found at. http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32blastera.html More information regarding the critical vulnerability in MicrosoftWindows can be found at. http://www.microsoft.com/security/securitybulletins/ms03-026.asp |
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