Helkern worm port 1434

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dragon
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Helkern worm port 1434

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Every so often Kaspersky internet security will pop up saying attack detected
Intrusion.win.MSSQL.worm.Helkern on port 1434. The ip address it gives as attack is diffeent each time. What exactly is this stupid thing and should I be concerned?
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Re: Helkern worm port 1434

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Worm that attack MS SQL Server 2000. Just ignore it.
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