Re: Why isn't IBM rebuting this?

In other words, any network using Microsoft software was unsafe?

As a general rule, safety requires avoiding Microsoft products, including XP
Office?  I hadn't realized that XP Office was an exposure too.


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Booth Martin   http://www.MartinVT.com
Booth@MartinVT.com
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From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Date: Friday, February 07, 2003 21:04:07
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Why isn't IBM rebuting this?

> "any server"? I understood it had to be a Microsoft server running
certain
> unpatched versions of MS SQL?

Sorry i mis-spoke...
Any server running the following:
Microsoft SQL Server 2000

Microsoft Desktop Engine 2000 ( MSDE 2000)
which is installed as part of:
* SQL Server 2000 (Developer, Standard, and Enterprise Editions)
* Visual Studio .NET (Architect, Developer, and Professional Editions)
* ASP.NET Web Matrix Tool
* Office XP (various versions)
* MSDN (various subscription levels)
* Access 2002
* Visual FoxPro 7.0/8.0
this link has 20 pages (short pages) of products using MSDE 2000)
http://www.sqlsecurity.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=10&tabid=13

for a good article on the worm
http://isc.incidents.org/analysis.html?id=180
jim

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