darkhooda Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 They seemed to have fixed it; the bottom ticker is back! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/359599-cnn-hit-by-worm/page/6/#findComment-586387465 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWahbinator Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 And they're up. But still, for a network this large, 1? hours is a good time to recover it in. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/359599-cnn-hit-by-worm/page/6/#findComment-586387468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexcyn Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 They seemed to have fixed it; the bottom ticker is back! 586387465[/snapback] NOOO!! That worm actually did some good damage by removing it. :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/359599-cnn-hit-by-worm/page/6/#findComment-586387470 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted August 16, 2005 Veteran Share Posted August 16, 2005 Apparently they will eventually suffer the dire consequences of not listening to Microsoft. :rolleyes: :sleep: 586387456[/snapback] Listening to Microsoft? MS isn't forcing them to upgrade as the OS is still supported. The patch was released about a week ago so it's simply the fault of them not installing the patch and has nothing to do with them not upgrading to XP. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/359599-cnn-hit-by-worm/page/6/#findComment-586387476 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+M2Ys4U Subscriber¹ Posted August 16, 2005 Subscriber¹ Share Posted August 16, 2005 NOOO!!That worm actually did some good damage by removing it. :p 586387470[/snapback] yeah, lol Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/359599-cnn-hit-by-worm/page/6/#findComment-586387479 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Blue01 Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 ABC news just complained about it. Has this patch been on Windows Update? Does this effect Windows XP or not? http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcen...32.zotob.d.html Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/359599-cnn-hit-by-worm/page/6/#findComment-586387502 Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy_tho Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 I believe this one was another self propogating worm. Looks at like 3 different ports and can install itself from another infected machine. It sets up an ftp server and randomly looks for open hosts on a subnet of 255.255.0.0. As an example, if the host is 10.1.1.5 it randomly looks at 10.1.1.6 or 10.1.3.4. It generates the last two octets. So it sounds as if a firewall/ or machine firewalls are setup properly this would have no effect. Yeah read the above sarc link. :) Thats a different variant than what I read about earlier. I was looking at a and b. It will propogate on all windows systems but only has a payload on 2000/XP. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/359599-cnn-hit-by-worm/page/6/#findComment-586387505 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raikou Tch Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 Ahaha. I turned on CNN earlier, and wasn't sure if they just found out tons of people were getting it, or they themselves got it. Owned, I say. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/359599-cnn-hit-by-worm/page/6/#findComment-586387510 Share on other sites More sharing options...
madnuke Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 It seems quite a nice worm because it deletes a load of spyware and adware lol :laugh: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/359599-cnn-hit-by-worm/page/6/#findComment-586387512 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackice912 Veteran Posted August 16, 2005 Veteran Share Posted August 16, 2005 Videos! Need more videos! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/359599-cnn-hit-by-worm/page/6/#findComment-586387543 Share on other sites More sharing options...
amr_01 Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 ABC news just complained about it. Has this patch been on Windows Update?Does this effect Windows XP or not? http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcen...32.zotob.d.html 586387502[/snapback] it affects xp if they were not patched, unless they have sp2. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/359599-cnn-hit-by-worm/page/6/#findComment-586387559 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zedaxax Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 Here's some video. I couldn't decide what to upload so I just picked a clip where they recap everything. Good stuff.http://rapidshare.de/files/4056549/CNN_-_V...__PiP_.mpg.html 586387427[/snapback] thanks Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/359599-cnn-hit-by-worm/page/6/#findComment-586387566 Share on other sites More sharing options...
re_freshing Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 Wow, Windows 97 sounds like it was released...It just sounds like i've heard the name alot before. :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/359599-cnn-hit-by-worm/page/6/#findComment-586387628 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy1 Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 it affects xp if they were not patched, unless they have sp2.586387559[/snapback] Incorrect. This worm does not affect XP at all. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/359599-cnn-hit-by-worm/page/6/#findComment-586387662 Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazihouse Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 They were recently showing footage of inside CNN HQ of employee's computers, showing the windows startup and continuous shutdown dialogues and the employees getting mad. Hilarious! "Microsoft has said that this worm is 'low impact'... I'm not sure what that's supposed to mean. *sarcastic " -Paula Zahn Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/359599-cnn-hit-by-worm/page/6/#findComment-586387659 Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbSta Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 I hope Windows 3.1 is not affected :unsure: :rofl: :laugh: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/359599-cnn-hit-by-worm/page/6/#findComment-586387664 Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo_joel Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 /me will pay to see more video of this :happy: lol Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/359599-cnn-hit-by-worm/page/6/#findComment-586387679 Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbSta Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 /me will pay to see more video of this :happy: lol 586387679[/snapback] Yes please someone post a direct link. Thanks. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/359599-cnn-hit-by-worm/page/6/#findComment-586387684 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagjohn Posted August 17, 2005 Author Share Posted August 17, 2005 Incorrect.? This worm does not affect XP at all. 586387662[/snapback] W32.Zotob.E> is a worm that opens a back door and exploits the Microsoft Windows Plug and Play Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-039) on TCP port 445. Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP WORM_RBOT.CBQ> This memory-resident worm drops a copy of itself in the Windows system folder as the file WINTBP.EXE. It takes advantage of the Microsoft Windows Plug and Play vulnerability to propagate across networks. For more information regarding this vulnerability, refer to the following Microsoft Web page: Systems Affected: Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/359599-cnn-hit-by-worm/page/6/#findComment-586387686 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Kompressor Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 :laugh: CNN, ABC, Catepillar co., New York Times, all affected... I hope no one is using windows for life support... :rolleyes: and that their hospital admin have not put the critical computers on the network with other machines with internet access. That would suck! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/359599-cnn-hit-by-worm/page/6/#findComment-586387689 Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy2004 Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 the end of the world is nigh :laugh: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/359599-cnn-hit-by-worm/page/6/#findComment-586387691 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy1 Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP586387686[/snapback] They're wrong. The vulnerability exists in XP and 2003, but those OSes do not allow anonymous remote access to the service, so the worm can't do it's work. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/359599-cnn-hit-by-worm/page/6/#findComment-586387704 Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy2004 Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 is this already patched though ? am i right in thinking the update for this was out a few weeks ago ? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/359599-cnn-hit-by-worm/page/6/#findComment-586387714 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy1 Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 is this already patched though ? am i right in thinking the update for this was out a few weeks ago ?586387714[/snapback] The patch has been out for 6 days. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/359599-cnn-hit-by-worm/page/6/#findComment-586387715 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sota Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 I was under the impression it only affected XP Service Pack 1, Windows 2000, and Windows 98. XP Service Pack 2 would not be affected. That is quite funny though CNN uses Trend and Trend was the one notifying of the PC community of the problem. Way to stay on top of the ball CNN :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/359599-cnn-hit-by-worm/page/6/#findComment-586387719 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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