According to Symantec;
Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows XP
Systems Not Affected: Linux, Macintosh, OS/2, UNIX, Windows 95, Windows 98,
Windows Me, Windows NT
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html
Please state the source of your information
If you believe that your system has been infected then you can do a manual
search for the infectious files and delete them manually. It will crash
systems that it cannot properly infect.
There is no patch for Windows 98/SE as it is not affected by this worm.
Win98
does not have an application called TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
service using TFTP.EXE.to help the worm complete it's quest.
Symantec site also says; "Users are recommended to block access to TCP port
4444 at the firewall level, and then block the following ports, if they do
not use the applications listed:
TCP Port 135, "DCOM RPC"
UDP Port 69, "TFTP"

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> According to symantec AV research site, it makes use of
> the RPC vulnerability as well and also effects other
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> Install ms03-026 ? Which is only listed for 2k / NT or
> would that hose up the OS altogether.
stydor - 15 Aug 2003 14:04 GMT
My source IS symantec, and had you looked at the subject
line you would see I am talking about RANDEX not Blaster
which is what you have quoted below. To read about RANDEX
try this url
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32
.randex.e.html
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