![]() ![]() ![]() This worm does not infect typical end user machines at all: it only infects computers running Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or MSDE 2000. According to many reports, as many as 5 of the 13 internet root nameservers were down because of this during Saturday the 25th. The worm generates massive amounts of network packets, overloading servers and routers and slowing down network traffic. ![]() However, there are unconfirmed reports of the worm traces being spotted already on January 20th. After that it was detected in most countries around the world. Worm:W32/Slammer was first detected on the Internet on 25th of January 2003 at 05:30 GMT.
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