[news] - W32.Korgo.C

[Handruin]

W32.Korgo.C is a worm that propagates by exploiting the LSASS vulnerability on TCP port 445 (as described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-011) and opens a backdoor on TCP ports 113 and 3067.

Systems Affected:
Windows 2000, Windows XP

Systems Not Affected:
DOS, Linux, Macintosh, Macintosh OS X, Novell Netware, OS/2, UNIX, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT

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[Buck]

More on this topic from the INQ and F-Secure.

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=16341

 

[CougTek]

Would using Firefox under Windows prevent this flaw?

 

[CougTek]

Anyway, I'm a full-time Fedora core 2 user since last week.