The Blaster worm was sighted on the Internet 25 days after Microsoft warned of that security hole.

Script kiddies, for example, were responsible for some of the damage the Blaster worm caused.

Last August, he read about the Blaster worm and how it exploited a Microsoft flaw.

English translation: attacks like last year's nasty Blaster worm are now impossible.

The worst ones, like the Blaster worm in August, have tied up networks and crashed computers around the world.

Welchia was a major example of a helpful worm - utilizing the same exploit that caused the Blaster worm.

This is similar to the Blaster (Lovesan) worm.

The original Blaster worm, a viruslike program known by a variety of names, including W32.

Indeed, Microsoft offered a free software patch to protect against the Blaster worm in July, yet many users never bothered to download it.

The teenager accused of creating a version of the Blaster worm that infected computer systems across the world last week has been arrested.