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hawkmoon · 13-08-2003, 19:34

Right back on topic - sort of anyway.

I hope the majority of you have patched yourselves now.

The same exploit that the blaster virus uses can also be used by a third party to open a remote desktop session - once they have changed the password for the admin account (which is another reason why you should rename the default admin account).

Also the next gen of RPC exploit viruses will have much more devestating payloads - although this one will very likely hit MS pretty hard.

13-08-2003, 19:34	#133
hawkmoon Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Harrow Posts: 60	Right back on topic - sort of anyway. I hope the majority of you have patched yourselves now. The same exploit that the blaster virus uses can also be used by a third party to open a remote desktop session - once they have changed the password for the admin account (which is another reason why you should rename the default admin account). Also the next gen of RPC exploit viruses will have much more devestating payloads - although this one will very likely hit MS pretty hard.