Bugtraq: Win95 DoS Fix

[jamie () dilbert iagnet net (Jamie Rishaw)]

Hello,

Quick fix for Win95 DoS attack:

Look on your Win95 machine for "Vnetbios.vxd" files and rename them.
After, reboot the system (shutdown completely and power-cycle).

This seems to solve the problem.

Two places I know that contains Vnetbios.vxd:

  \windows\system\
  \aol30\net\osr1
    ^ or your favourite AOL directory :-)

I dont know any additional ramifications of removing these files,
but I do know they "fix" the problem.

I suggest the only real way to do it on a large scale basis
is to filter off port 139 at Term servers, routers, firewalls, etc.

Jamie Rishaw
Internet Access Group
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