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nietzsche
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Posted - Aug 17 2005 : 10:03AM
1on1Fan
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Posted - Aug 17 2005 : 11:49AM
You can use firewall and block incoming TCP port 445.

Because:
"Worm scans for systems vulnerable to Microsoft Windows Plug and Play service (MS05-039) through TCP/445."
http://f-secure.com/v-descs/zotob_a.shtml

Edited by - 1on1Fan on 8/17/2005 11:51:28 AM

nietzsche
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Posted - Aug 17 2005 : 12:30PM
how do I block port 445?
Hardware All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Aug 17 2005 : 1:10PM
Any decent firewall should be blocking the port by default.
Drew Black
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Posted - Aug 17 2005 : 1:47PM
I think it's amazing that the computers getting hit by this worm are at large corporations. You think the larger companies would have properly configured firewalls.
 
Drew Black
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Posted - Aug 17 2005 : 1:48PM
BTW, I'm sure that this worm is getting worse today. We're blocking packets on port 445 at a rate of about 28,000 per hour today.
Hurrab
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Posted - Aug 17 2005 : 1:48PM
You get yourself some nice landmines, a few coils of barbed wire and ten to fifteen angry frontier guards with automatic weapons; they'll keep port 445 shut.

And when you've stopped bashing me for being annoying and stupid, you may have a look at Hardware's post above.

cv
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Posted - Aug 27 2005 : 9:42PM
A lot of the problems are now blamed on laptops which travel from home to work locations. The home locations often have virtually no protection, so laptops infected with stuff bring it back to the company.

Corporate IS guys can't think of their corporate antivirus/firewall setups to protect them of everything.

And they can't count on consumers to protect themselves, at least not at this point. It boils down to the lowest common denominator.

Sad, but true.




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