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Old 19th August 2003 | 22:45
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phnuff,

There is a new variant of the MSBlaster Worm that is destructive.

The new variant also copies the file TFTPD.EXE to the %System%\Wins folder as SVCHOST.EXE and then creates a service for it with the display name "Network Connections Sharing".

TFTPD.EXE or SVCHOST.EXE is a TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) server that is used by this worm to set the affected system as a download site for its copy. This worm is then able to propagate by instructing remote systems into downloading it using TFTP.


This could be what hit your computer,

Richard
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