[FARC] Just in Time for Halloween - Another Windows Worm

[Bob Moroney]

I just got an email alert concerning a worm-type virus that can infect 
any recent version of Windows. The alert strongly advised manually 
installing the appropriate patch, available from Microsoft at one of the 
following links:

Restart your PC before installing /*any*/ patch to verify that your 
machine is bootable. Then be sure to reboot again /*after*/ installing 
the patch, so the patched binaries completely replace the vulnerable 
components.

Microsoft has posted several versions of the patch that apply to 
different operating systems:

• Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 patch download 
<http://WindowsSecrets.com/links/i8sb4mupkermd/8f47aeh/?url=www.microsoft.com%2Fdownloads%2Fdetails.aspx%3Ffamilyid%3DE22EB3AE-1295-4FE2-9775-6F43C5C2AED3>
• Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or 3 patch download 
<http://WindowsSecrets.com/links/i8sb4mupkermd/0c05f6h/?url=www.microsoft.com%2Fdownloads%2Fdetails.aspx%3Ffamilyid%3D0D5F9B6E-9265-44B9-A376-2067B73D6A03>
• Windows XP 64-bit Edition patch download 
<http://WindowsSecrets.com/links/i8sb4mupkermd/de71e9h/?url=www.microsoft.com%2Fdownloads%2Fdetails.aspx%3Ffamilyid%3D4C16A372-7BF8-4571-B982-DAC6B2992B25>
• Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 or 2 patch download 
<http://WindowsSecrets.com/links/i8sb4mupkermd/4900d6h/?url=www.microsoft.com%2Fdownloads%2Fdetails.aspx%3Ffamilyid%3DF26D395D-2459-4E40-8C92-3DE1C52C390D>
• Windows Server 2003 64-bit Edition patch download 
<http://WindowsSecrets.com/links/i8sb4mupkermd/386bfdh/?url=www.microsoft.com%2Fdownloads%2Fdetails.aspx%3Ffamilyid%3DC04D2AFB-F9D0-4E42-9E1F-4B944A2DE400>
• Windows Vista with or without Service Pack 1 patch download 
<http://WindowsSecrets.com/links/i8sb4mupkermd/6e56b8h/?url=www.microsoft.com%2Fdownloads%2Fdetails.aspx%3Ffamilyid%3D18FDFF67-C723-42BD-AC5C-CAC7D8713B21>
• Windows Vista 64-bit Edition with or without Service Pack 1 patch 
download 
<http://WindowsSecrets.com/links/i8sb4mupkermd/8e87d5h/?url=www.microsoft.com%2Fdownloads%2Fdetails.aspx%3Ffamilyid%3DA976999D-264F-4E6A-9BD6-3AD9D214A4BD>
• Windows Server 2008 32-bit Edition patch download 
<http://WindowsSecrets.com/links/i8sb4mupkermd/7699c8h/?url=www.microsoft.com%2Fdownloads%2Fdetails.aspx%3Ffamilyid%3D25C17B07-1EFE-43D7-9B01-3DFDF1CE0BD7>
• Windows Server 2008 64-bit Edition patch download 
<http://WindowsSecrets.com/links/i8sb4mupkermd/01dc3bh/?url=www.microsoft.com%2Fdownloads%2Fdetails.aspx%3Ffamilyid%3D7B12018E-0CC1-4136-A68C-BE4E1633C8DF>


73, Bob K9CMR