One of the few times I am glad I am using Windows ME
Joe
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Subject: IMPORTANT SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT - for Windows Users re: Blaster Worm
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 20:23:27 -0700
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Dear Microsoft Customer,
On August 11, 2003, Microsoft began investigating a report of a worm,
known as W32.Blaster.Worm, that exploits the vulnerability addressed by
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-026. Microsoft released this critical
security bulletin and corresponding patch for Windows operating systems on
July 16, 2003. While some customers may not notice the presence of the
worm infection at all on their computer systems, typical symptoms may
include Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 systems rebooting every few
minutes without user input or Windows NT4 and Windows 2000 systems
becoming unresponsive.
If you applied security patch MS03-026 prior to the discovery of the
Blaster worm, your system is secure from the vulnerability that
W32.Blaster is using. For the most current information on determining if
your systems are infected and how to recover from the infection, please go
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information regarding the W32.blaster worm becomes available.
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