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When W32/Blaster[0] came out I worked at a small ISP doing tech support and computer repair. A tech and I imaged an old box we had in the corner with a clean XP
by owenmarshall 3y ago
When W32/Blaster[0] came out I worked at a small ISP doing tech support and computer repair. A tech and I imaged an old box we had in the corner with a clean XP, assigned it a static IP in our /24, plugged it in and started a stopwatch. It didn’t even make it two minutes before it was infected.
[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaster_(computer_worm) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaster_(computer_worm)
- pixl97 3y agoI was working for a small ISP in that time frame and that's when we started blocking incoming windows ports. And yea, it was annoying for the few techie types that tried to run SMB and could actually protect their stuff. For the other 99.9% percent of the users it protected them and us. Windows was such a mess back then.
- eterm 3y agoYeah Blaster is one of the few worms I've ever (knowingly) been infected with. As you say, it was literally less than a minute or two between connecting an unpatched box and getting it.
- jtbayly 3y agoIt took about 5 seconds IIRC on our college campus network.