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Dont Get Blasted

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Aug 12, 2003
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Security experts and Microsoft have been warning users for the past couple of weeks to apply a Microsoft patch to head off exploits of an RPC vulnerability in Windows. It seems, that despite everyones good intentions, the worm has finally hit. Redmond and others are reemphasizing the need for customers to apply the mid-July Windows patch immediately to stop the “Blast” worm in its tracks.

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