WinNuke
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The term WinNuke refers to a remote denial-of-service attack (DoS) that affected the Microsoft Windows 95 operating system.
The exploit sent a string of OOB (out of band) data to the target computer on TCP port 139 (NetBIOS), causing it to lock up and display a "blue screen of death", or BSoD. This did not cause any damage to, or change data on, the computer's hard disk, but any unsaved data would be lost.
A person under the screename "_eci" published his Microsoft C source code for the exploit on June 7, 1997. With the source code being widely used and distributed, Microsoft was forced to create security patches, which were released a few weeks later.
See also
External links
- WinNuke Relief Page (http://www.users.nac.net/splat/winnuke/)
- Article on a more recent variation of WinNuke (Published: 10/2/02) (http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-6313-1054537.html)
- WinNuke Vulnerability Test (http://www.jtan.com/resources/winnuke.html)