MSBlast infected more than 25 million

MSBlast infected more than 25 million
Robert Lemos, 2005-12-06

MSBlast infected more than 25 million 2005-12-06
Anonymous (3 replies)

"More than 5 months later, the software giant released the Windows Blaster Worm Removal Tool."

5 months... and then they say "The impact on Microsoft was enormous, Braverman stated in the paper."

If the impact was so enormous why did it take 5 months to release removal tool...?

Or maybe I...

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Re: MSBlast infected more than 25 million 2005-12-07
Anonymous

I'd say they were doing some sort of quality assurance to maintain their reputation for quality software....

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Re: MSBlast infected more than 25 million 2005-12-07
Anonymous (1 replies)

Thats how Microsoft handles everything, why issue a patch now wait until its a huge issue first....

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Re: Re: MSBlast infected more than 25 million 2005-12-07
Anonymous

I may be wrong, but wasn't there already an available patch for the vulnerability that Blaster exploited before Blaster was released? People should have been patched before Blaster was released. ...

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Re: MSBlast infected more than 25 million 2005-12-08
Joe T. Rivia

Great- MS officially notes the scale of this thing. And what's changed since then? Not a whole lot, there are new exploits based on this code appearing almost daily. We have Microsoft to thank for the current state of worms, trojans and malware. Will Vista be any different? Probably not...

Micros...

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MSBlast infected more than 25 million 2005-12-07
Anonymous (1 replies)

So, the impact on Microsoft was "enormous". Big deal! What about the impact of their crappy software on the rest of the world?...

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Re: MSBlast infected more than 25 million 2005-12-08
Anonymous

Too bad Blaster didn't delete any data.. Then people would realize what crappy OS they are using...

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MSBlast infected more than 25 million 2005-12-08
Anonymous (1 replies)

If people had applied patches that Microsoft had issued well in advance then it wouldn't have been an issue. Blaster wasn't zero day, it used a known and patched exploit. The issue here is peoples reluctance to patch systems, Microsoft had already solved the problem before it happened....

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Re: MSBlast infected more than 25 million 2005-12-08
Grenage

Most of whom are reluctant to patch because they are /were using an illegal copy and fear they would have the police at their door should they use the MS update site ;)...

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