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Turnaround
Wednesday 7th February, 2007 14:44 Comments: 0
The table below shows the time frame between the vulnerability being reported and how long it took for malware authors to incorporate it into a worm candidate for Microsoft Windows. This should demonstrate why updates need to be applied quickly. The fact that there hasn't been a big "Nimda" style virus in recent years, despite the much quicker turnaround by malware authors, should also demonstrate that Windows is a lot more secure than it used to be (although introducing a firewall in Windows XP SP2 was a big help). I wonder if we'll see anything in August 2007.

Patch Malware Patch Availability Worm Attack Date Turnaround
MS01-020 Nimda Oct 17th, 2000 Sep 18th, 2001 335 Days
MS02-061 Slammer Jul 24th, 2002 Jan 25th, 2003 185 Days
MS03-026 Blaster Jul 16th, 2003 Aug 11th, 2003 26 Days
MS04-011 Sasser Apr 13th, 2004 Apr 30th, 2004 17 Days
MS05-039 Zotob Aug 09th, 2005 Aug 14th, 2005 5 Days
MS06-040 Mocbot Aug 08th, 2006 Aug 12th 2006 4 Days

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