http://theappleblog.com/2005/08/17/zotob-worm-plagues-windows-microsoft-mobilizes-war-rooms/ TheAppleBlog, published by and for the day-to-day Apple user, is a prominent source for news, reviews, walkthroughs, and real life application of all Apple products. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:22:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 http://theappleblog.com/2005/08/17/zotob-worm-plagues-windows-microsoft-mobilizes-war-rooms/#comment-3192 Ian Betteridge Thu, 18 Aug 2005 12:31:44 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/08/17/zotob-worm-plagues-windows-microsoft-mobilizes-war-rooms/#comment-3192 Actually, default installs of XP - even early ones - aren't vulnerable to Zotob. In order to be vulnerable, someone has to deliberately change settings in the register to allow the computer to list system resources without requiring a login - a scenario that's very rare at best (I can't think of any reason that a user would ever do this). Actually, default installs of XP - even early ones - aren’t vulnerable to Zotob. In order to be vulnerable, someone has to deliberately change settings in the register to allow the computer to list system resources without requiring a login - a scenario that’s very rare at best (I can’t think of any reason that a user would ever do this).

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