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In a June 2006 Microsoft report, [2] the company claimed that the tool had removed 16 million instances of malicious software from 5.7 million of 270 million total unique Windows computers since its release in January 2005. The report also stated that, on average, the tool removes malicious software from 1 in every 311 computers on which it runs.
The Windows Installer CleanUp Utility is a legacy software utility for the Microsoft Windows operating system designed to solve installation problems of apps that use the Windows Installer technology. An app whose Windows Installer entries are damaged cannot be uninstalled or reinstalled via the normal means.
systemd, a software suite providing system components for Linux operating systems, implements a blue screen of death similar to that of Microsoft Windows using a systemd unit called systemd-bsod since August 2023, which was fully added on December 6, 2023 starting with version 255 of systemd. [38]
The damage to Microsoft was minimal as the site targeted was windowsupdate.com, rather than windowsupdate.microsoft.com, to which the former was redirected. Microsoft temporarily shut down the targeted site to minimize potential effects from the worm. [citation needed] The worm's executable, MSBlast.exe, [10] contains two messages. The first reads:
Conficker, also known as Downup, Downadup and Kido, is a computer worm targeting the Microsoft Windows operating system that was first detected in November 2008. [2] It uses flaws in Windows OS software (MS08-067 / CVE-2008-4250) [3] [4] and dictionary attacks on administrator passwords to propagate while forming a botnet, and has been unusually difficult to counter because of its combined use ...
Windows Installer (msiexec.exe, previously known as Microsoft Installer, [3] codename Darwin) [4] [5] is a software component and application programming interface (API) of Microsoft Windows used for the installation, maintenance, and removal of software.
The Sobig viruses infected a host computer by way of the above-mentioned attachment. When this is started they will replicate by using their own SMTP agent engine. E-mail addresses that will be targeted by the virus are gathered from files on the host computer. The file extensions that will be searched for e-mail addresses are: .dbx.eml.hlp.htm ...
Microsoft's analysis of the worm indicates that it may also spread through port 139. Several variants called Sasser.B, Sasser.C, and Sasser.D appeared within days (with the original named Sasser.A). The LSASS vulnerability was patched by Microsoft in the April 2004 installment of its monthly security packages, prior to the release of the worm.