User:Jbeyerl/sandbox

Timeline

 * July 5, 2003: Timestamp for the patch that Microsoft releases on the 16th.
 * July 16, 2003: Microsoft releases a patch that would protect users from the yet unknown MSBlast. At the same time they also released a bulletin describing the exploit.
 * Monday, August 11th 2003: Original version of the worm appears on the internet.
 * Monday, August 11th 2003: Symantec Antivirus releases a rapid release protection update.
 * Monday evening: antivirus and security firms issued alerts to run Windows Update.
 * Tuesday, August 12th 2003: The number of infected systems is reported at 30,000.
 * Wednesday, August 13th 2003: Two new worms appear and begin to spread. (Sophos, a variant of MSBlast and W32/RpcSpybot-A, a totally new worm that used the same exploit)
 * Friday, August 15th 2003:The number of infected systems is reported at 423,000.
 * Saturday, August 16th: DDoS attack against windowsupdate.com starts. (Largely unsuccessful because that url is merely a redirect to the real site, windowsupdate.microsoft.com)
 * August 18th, 2003: Microsoft issues an alert regarding MSBlast and its variants.
 * August 25th, 2003: McAfee lowers their risk assessment to "Medium".
 * August 27th, 2003: A potential DDoS attack against HP is discovered in one variant of the worm.
 * January 13th, 2004: Microsoft releases a stand-alone tool to remove the MSBlast worm and its variants.
 * March 12, 2004: McAfee lowers their risk assessment to "Low".
 * April 21, 2004: Another variant is discovered.