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What You Should Know About the Blaster Worm
August 12, 2003

http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp

At 11:34 A.M. Pacific Time today, Microsoft began investigating a worm reported by Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS).

Why We Are Issuing This Alert
A new worm known as W32.Blaster.Worm (also known as MBlaster, W32/Lovsan.worm, MSBlast, W32.blaster.worm, Win32.posa.worm, Win32.poza.worm) has been identified that is seeking to exploit the vulnerability patched with Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-026. Blaster is designed to launch a denial of service attack against Microsoft's Windows Update Web site.

Products Affected
The following products are affected:

Microsoft® Windows NT® 4.0
Microsoft Windows® 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003