Correct. The patch for it came out in October 2008, as I posted last
week about this issue. If you are patching regularly, you should be
fine.
I also included the URLS with the details and patch for it in my post
last week. Here you go again -- since it seems to have been missed...
~ Esther
Esther V. V. Reed
IT Systems Administrator
MSU Graduate School
-----Original Message-----
From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Gene Willacker
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 5:20 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Urgent - Virus alert
OK, so this is not a new threat, right? At least for those who have been
keeping up their A/V, firewall, and MS patches.
Gene
on 1/21/2009 5:05 PM Jeanne Carey said the following:
> Michael,
> Thanks it is the W32.Downadup or a variant, which as you say can
impact All
> MS systems.
>
> Here is the Symantec site with the explanation.
>
>
Www.symantec.com/norton/security-response/writeup.jsp?docid=2008-123015-
3826
> -99
>
>
> On 1/21/09 4:13 PMGMT-05:00, "Michael Hoxsey" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>
>> Since no identification of the virus was made in Jeanne's email I
don't
>> think you can patently declare safety. If the virus is
W32.Downadup!autorun
>> or a variant, which is what her description sounds like, then ALL MS
systems
>> have susceptibility according to Symantec.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On
>> Behalf Of Hoort, Brian
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 3:52 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Urgent - Virus alert
>>
>> Or, they aren't safe and they just didn't bother testing Win98 for
the
>> vulnerability. Though I would guess you are right, being a different
>> code-base.
>>
>> Brian Hoort
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On
>> Behalf Of David McFarlane
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 3:44 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Urgent - Virus alert
>>
>>
>>> *Who is impacted:
>>> *Windows based machines running:
>>> Highest risk
>>>
>>> * XP
>>> * 2000
>>> * Windows Server 2003
>>> * any USB based device (it hides in the hidden trash can and
"auto
>>> run" files.
>>>
>>> Medium risk
>>>
>>> * Vista as well, however not as significant
>>>
>> And once again my good old Windows 98 machines are safe, who says
newer
>> is better :) ?
>>
>> -- dkm
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
>>
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