Author: C McClain Morris, Jr.
Date: 21:46:37 08/11/03
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On August 11, 2003 at 22:35:44, Brian Thomas wrote: >I suppose that it may be possible (any software may have exploits) although I >suspect if you're hooked up to the internet, this was the cause, not your >connection to Playchess. This is a fairly new exploit: if you haven't patched >it, do so... > >http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html > >I believe (although I may be wrong on this) that you need to have certain ports >open, so are you behind a firewall/NAT? > >Brian To my regret I had my firewall turned off, and that was the dumb thing on my part. Thanks for the above link.
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