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In [[computer security]], '''WinNuke''' is an example of a [[Nuke (computer)|Nuke]] remote [[denial-of-service attack]] (DoS) attack exploit that affected the [[Microsoft]] [[Windows 3.1x]], [[Windows NT 3x]], [[Windows 95]] and [[Windows NT 4.0|Windows NT 4]] [[computer]] [[operating system]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2000-06-21 |title=Microsoft Security Advisor Program: Network Denial of Service Attacks |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000621042153/http://www.microsoft.com/security/bulletins/netdos.asp |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref> The [[exploit (computer security)|exploit]] sent a string of [[Out-of-band data]] (OOB data) to the target computer on [[TCP/IP|TCP]] port 139 ([[NetBIOS]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-1999-0153 |title=National Vulnerability Database (NVD) National Vulnerability Database (CVE-1999-0153) |publisher=Web.nvd.nist.gov |date= |accessdate=2010-09-23}}</ref> causing it to lock up and display a [[Blue Screen of Death]] (BSOD). This does not damage or change the data on the computer's hard disk, but any unsaved data would be lost. This exploit has been patched with the release of Windows Socket 2 update for Windows 95 and Service Pack 3 for Windows NT 4.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1999-04-27 |title=Windows 95 Download: Windows 95 Windows Sockets 2 Update |url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990427043847/http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/wuadmintools/s_wunetworkingtools/w95sockets2/default.asp |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref> [[Windows 98]] RC0, [[Windows 2000]] and newer operating systems are not vulnerable to this exploit. In 2002, a second incarnation of the similar exploit that utilized Network Share Provider appeared, was identified by Microsoft in 2004 and was patched subsequently. [[Windows Vista]] and newer Microsoft Operating Systems are immune to both of these exploits.