Virus attack hits Vista machines at Exeter Univ. - Scary scary

[truedelphi]

Seems to be a Virus not seen before. Whole university shutting down its computers.

Read more about it here:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/igeneration/?p=3954&tag=nl.e539

[Earth Bound Misfit]

1. "a completely new virus and we are the only organisation in the world to experience it"

BULLSHIT. Sounds like the IT guy was in CYA mode and/or taling out of his/her hindquarters...

An internal email from the network security administration has been quoted as saying, “This is what happens when SUS admins don’t auto-approve”, suggesting someone managing the network updates hadn’t patched the exploitable computers with the appropriate fix, leading to this issue.

The virus is believed to have come from inside the network according to my source; whether via a student PC or a staff PC is not yet known. Other networks which connect to the Exeter network, such as external colleges and campuses have been patched and are “using nmap’ping the network for Vista machines to stop them accessing the network”.

[Jazzgirl]

2. I agree EBM.

Somebody is trying to cover their butt. If it was a totally new virus that "nobody else" had then why would it have been avoided by making sure they installed the patches? Somebody has some serious egg on their face.

[hobbit709]

3. Yep. another Human Interface 1.0 screwup.