Why the shutdown if infected with blaster?

From: Carlos Baez Ortíz <cbaez(at)mail.SUAGM.EDU>
Date: Tue Aug 12 2003 - 18:54:08 EDT

Can someone please explain what is the relation between the blaster worm and the remote shutdown from the infected system?

Ing. Carlos Báez
Director de Seguridad de Sistemas
Sistema Universitario Ana G. Méndez
P.O. Box 21345
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00928-1345
Tel: (787) 751-0178 Ext. 7134
cbaez@suagm.edu

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Received on Wed Aug 13 11:04:05 2003