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From: gavin.henry at magicfx.co.uk (Gavin Henry)
Subject: attacks shutting down windows machines?

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 09:28:06 +0200
vogt@...senet.com wrote:

> Hi there -
> 
> We are currently receiving a considerable volume of customer reports where
> windows
> machines (XP usually, as its residential customers) are seemingly shut down
> remotely. Nothing evil seems to happen, just a regular system shutdown.
> 
> Anyone else seen this? Is someone using the latest exploit to have some
> harmless fun?


Seems to be the latest worm. Dcom exploit.

-- 
Regards,

Gavin Henry.

Trying to be a RHCE.....
http://www.magicfx.co.uk
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