Very interesting post. Thanks Phil.

A new worm/trojan using this vulnerablility is currently running wild and seems to be causing a large number of problems on machines in the UK. It is called, amongst other names, MSBlast. The MS security bulletin can be found here:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-026.asp

Cheers Guys, bringing down the Patch now :snipersm:

I'm running XP Pro and have automatic updates scheduled.

Shouldn't I be automatically sent the patch and then download it?

I've not heard owt yet. :?

Yes you should already have it Flex. Just ceck you have a folder called $NTUninstallQ823980$ in %systemroot% if not go get the patch. It will do no harm to attempt to install it twice anyway. It goes through the wizard but does not prompt for a re-boot at the end if you have already previously installed it.

...just to add to Luton's post, it's a hidden folder, so you'll have to unhide it to check (he said, stating the obvious :roll: )