full-disclosure - New Blaster variant using UDP port 1038?

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From: nick at virus-l.demon.co.uk (Nick FitzGerald)
Subject: New Blaster variant using UDP port 1038?

w g <xillwillx@...oo.com> wrote:

> maybe this is a way of detecting which machine is running XP as messenger
> is installed by default.. im not sure if its always listening on that port
> if the user has not signed up with msn. ill have to look into it.

Wrong "Messenger".

MSN Messenger and the "Windows Messenger Service" are two quite 
different things...

Regards,

Nick FitzGerald