Sasser (computer worm)
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Sasser is a computer worm that affects computers running vulnerable versions of the Microsoft operating systems Windows XP and Windows 2000. Sasser spreads by exploiting the system through a vulnerable port. Thus it is particularly virulent in that it can spread without user intervention, but it is also easily stopped by a properly configured firewall or by downloading system updates from Windows Update. The specific hole Sasser exploits is documented by Microsoft in its MS04-011 bulletin, for which a patch had been released seventeen days earlier.[1] The most characteristic experience of the worm is the shutdown timer that appears due to the worm crashing LSASS.
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Type | Worm |
Author(s) | Sven Jaschan |
Operating system(s) affected | Windows 2000, Windows XP |
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