Blaster worm attack a bust
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
A scheduled denial of service attack against Microsoft's main software update Web site did not materialize Saturday, as computers infected with the W32.Blaster worm failed to find their target. Blaster's author provided the incorrect domain address for windowsupdate. The address specified in the worm's code, windowsupdate.com, simply forwards users to the actual Windows update site, windowsupdate.microsoft.com, according to Mikko Hyppönen, head of antivirus research at F-Secure Corp. in Helsinki.
On Thursday, Microsoft delisted the windowsupdate.com domain name, calling it a "nonessential address."
That solution also removed the threat of collateral damage from the attack, because requests for windowsupdate.com would never leave infected machines, slowing down the Internet, according to Sean Sundwall, a Microsoft spokesman.