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WinNuke
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." (BSoD)
There were no long-term effects to a system, but any unsaved data would have been 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
- Article on a more recent variation of WinNuke (Published: 10/2/02)
- WinNuke Vulnerability Test
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