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| Publication: | CNN.com | Date: | Aug 12 2003 |
An Internet worm targeting Microsoft Corp. Windows users was spreading rapidly around the world Tuesday, triggering computer crashes and slowing Web connections, experts said.
The worm, dubbed Blaster but also known as LoveSan or MSBlaster, carried a message for the Microsoft chairman: "Billy Gates why do you make this possible? Stop making money and fix your software!!"
Blaster, which zeroes in on Windows 2000 or Windows XP operating software, has been timed to attack a Microsoft security Web site distributing the patch needed to stop the worm in its tracks before it hits millions of users.
The worm specifically targets the latest versions of the Windows software, and experts predict home users will be the worst affected. The vast majority of the world's computers are equipped with one form or other of Windows software.
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