DavidR
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Sad to see that through your actions or rather inactions, you have left vulnerabilities un-patched when MS patched them ages ago. Many love to bash MS but at least they patched the vulnerability, you didn’t patch your system. You have to take responsibility for your computer security, sh*t happens and when it does don’t forget to apportion blame to all concerned.
This worm takes advantage of the following Windows vulnerabilities:
* IIS5/WEBDAV Buffer Overflow vulnerability
* Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) vulnerability
For more information about these Windows vulnerabilities, please refer to the following Microsoft Web pages:
* Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-026
* Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-007
It also attempts to log on to systems using a list of user names and passwords. It drops a copy of itself into accessible machines.
This worm has backdoor capabilities. It executes commands sent in via Internet Relay Chat (IRC) and can be used to launch a Denial of Service (DoS) attack against specified target sites.
It terminates certain antivirus processes.
This worm runs on Windows NT, 2000, and XP.
If you leave the door open don’t be surprised if you get burgled, so what happens when Norton lets you down (it has already slowed your system), ditch that and get another? There are many happy ex Norton users in these forums. Don’t rush to judgement, it’s your loss.