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

[Kirk Talbott]

FYI, KB958644, Security Update for Windows Vista was installed on my machine 
yesterday by Windows Update.

73
KB3ONM
Kirk

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From: "Bob Moroney" <windbrkr at erols.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 6:21 PM
To: "Frederick, Maryland ARC" <farc at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [FARC] Just in Time for Halloween - Another Windows Worm

> Scott,
>
> I'm not sure what you're saying, but the patch (KB958644) is a real, valid 
> MS patch, which, as David M. already noted, may have already been 
> automatically installed on your system by Windows Update.   Lots of hoaxes 
> out there, but this one hasn't showed up on Snopes or any of the other 
> "truth in computing" sites.
> (Now some folks I know insist that Windows itself is a virus and the work 
> of the devil besides, but that is another topic.)
>
> Details?
>
> 73, Bob K9CMR
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Scott Galbraith wrote:
>> This is a colossal hoax which is propagating a bad virus. I truly hope 
>> that neither you nor anyone else on the list followed the instructions.
>>
>> Bob Moroney wrote:
>>> 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
>
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