Dasher.B Reindeer Worm Hits the Internet
The holiday season keep an eye out for Dasher… Dasher.B the computer worm that is. Dasher.B is another Windows-targeted worm that drops spying software on vulnerable PCs is spreading across the Internet. Computers running Windows 2000 and those that have not been updated with MS05-051 face the greatest risk. Be sure you are patched up!
The Dasher.B worm exploits a flaw in Microsoft Windows Distributed Transaction Coordinator, or MDTC, security companies said Friday. Microsoft announced and patched the hole in the component for transaction processing in October. However, initial glitches with the update may have left some users without a properly implemented fix. Three versions of Dasher–B, C and A, which emerged earlier this week–have infected at least 3,000 systems worldwide.
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