Worm spreading through Microsoft Plug-and-Play flaw

Worm spreading through Microsoft Plug-and-Play flaw
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2005-08-14

A worm started spreading on Sunday using a flaw in the Windows operating system's Plug-and-Play functionality, according to two security groups, who advised users to update systems using a patch released by Microsoft five days ago.

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Worm spreading through Microsoft Plug-and-Play flaw 2005-08-15
Juha-Matti Laurio (1 replies)

Microsoft has later released a separate Blaster-type Security Incident Web page "What You Should Know About Zotob" too:

http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/zotob.mspx

They say: Moderate.

FrSIRT has a High Risk (3/4) alert at

http://www.frsirt.com/english/alerts/20050814.ZotobA.php

containing a list about published virus descriptions from several AV companies too.

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Re: Worm spreading through Microsoft Plug-and-Play flaw 2005-08-16
Juha-Matti Laurio

Worm spreading through Microsoft Plug-and-Play flaw 2005-08-16
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