full-disclosure - New Windows worm?

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From: psz at maths.usyd.edu.au (Paul Szabo)
Subject: New Windows worm?

> ... Simptoms include ...
> -Lots of svchost errors
> ... I've already eliminated the new MSBlast worm. 

A wild guess: you have Win2k SP4 with MS03-026 (and so deemed safe)?
That patch leaves a DoS problem still:

  http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2003-q3/0070.html
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/330886

Cheers,

Paul Szabo - psz@...hs.usyd.edu.au  http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au:8000/u/psz/
School of Mathematics and Statistics  University of Sydney   2006  Australia