Virus warning, go to Windows update !

I got this warning , it is not a joke... go to Windows update , download importent updates... Stefan Zscharnack ********************* Virus Alert For All Internet Users !!!! WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Defense Department temporarily cut off public access to most of its Web sites on Monday to ensure that they are protected against the ``Code Red'' computer virus, some versions of which display the slogan ``Hacked by Chinese!'' on infected Internet sites. ``Most DOD (Department of Defense (news - web sites)) Web sites will not be accessible by the public until this worm no longer poses any threat to DOD networks,'' said Lt. Col. Catherine Abbott, a Pentagon (news - web sites) spokeswoman. Technicians are working to determine whether security patches needed to fix the problem previously had been installed, Abbott said. ``To protect the DOD Web sites from being compromised, DOD organizations have been directed to review the status of their Internet information servers to ensure that the appropriate patches were previously installed,'' she said. The ``Code Red'' virus, which is technically a self-propagating worm, first surfaced last week, according to Marc Maiffret, chief hacking officer at security software company eEye Digital Security. ``Since then, at least 300,000 sites have infected, including a large number of U.S. government and U.S. military Web servers,'' Maiffret said. Code Red is programmed to start replicating itself on the first day of the month, so it could start spreading again next month, Maiffret said. The White House last week averted a planned ``Code Red'' attack on its Web site, the home page for the Bush administration, security experts said. More info please visit http://www.web4profitonline.com/infovirus.html Regards, [email hidden]

I've read that Code Red is only an issue for IIS servers. So, I suppose if you run an IIS server..... On Tue, 31 Jul 2001 13:31:13 +0200, "Stefan Zscharnack" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>I got this warning , it is not a joke... go to Windows update , download >importent updates... > >Stefan Zscharnack > >********************* >Virus Alert For All Internet Users !!!! > >WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Defense Department temporarily cut off public >access to most of >its Web sites on Monday to ensure that they are protected against the ``Code >Red'' computer >virus, some versions of which display the slogan ``Hacked by Chinese!'' on >infected Internet >sites. >``Most DOD (Department of Defense (news - web sites)) Web sites will not be >accessible by the >public until this worm no longer poses any threat to DOD networks,'' said >Lt. Col. Catherine >Abbott, a Pentagon (news - web sites) spokeswoman. >Technicians are working to determine whether security patches needed to fix >the problem >previously had been installed, Abbott said. >``To protect the DOD Web sites from being compromised, DOD organizations >have been >directed to review the status of their Internet information servers to >ensure that the appropriate >patches were previously installed,'' she said. >The ``Code Red'' virus, which is technically a self-propagating worm, first >surfaced last week, >according to Marc Maiffret, chief hacking officer at security software >company eEye Digital >Security. >``Since then, at least 300,000 sites have infected, including a large number >of U.S. government >and U.S. military Web servers,'' Maiffret said. >Code Red is programmed to start replicating itself on the first day of the >month, so it could start >spreading again next month, Maiffret said. >The White House last week averted a planned ``Code Red'' attack on its Web >site, the home >page for the Bush administration, security experts said. > >More info please visit http://www.web4profitonline.com/infovirus.html > >Regards, >[email hidden] > > >

Remove "hi" from address or it will bounce....

The CodeRed Worm affects Microsoft Index Server 2.0 and the Windows 2000 Indexing service on computers running Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 that run IIS 4.0 and 5.0 Web servers. The worm uses a known buffer overflow vulnerability contained in the file Idq.dll. Information about this vulnerability and a Microsoft patch is located at: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-033.asp System administrators are encouraged to apply the Microsoft patch to prevent infection from this worm and other unauthorized access. This virus CAN NOT effect users with Win 95, Win 98, ME "rrevved" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Tue, 31 Jul 2001 13:31:13 +0200, "Stefan Zscharnack" <[email hidden]>wrote:

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> > >I got this warning , it is not a joke... go to Windows update , download > >importent updates... > > > >Stefan Zscharnack > > > > There is no 'Code Red virus update' at the Microsoft site.. > What on earth are you talking about? > > :) > > >********************* > >Virus Alert For All Internet Users !!!! > > > >WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Defense Department temporarily cut off public > >access to most of > >its Web sites on Monday to ensure that they are protected against the

``Code > >Red'' computer > >virus, > > [snippage] >

Don't know how serious it is, but I get very suspicious when the website announcing it is called "web4profitonline"... >http://www.web4profitonline.com/infovirus.html

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/codered.worm.html CodeRed Worm Discovered on: July 16, 2001 Last Updated on: July 30, 2001 at 05:20:19 PM PDT .... but 9x and ME users is safe , I guess.. OK ? SZ

It is potentially very serious and is VERY real. Here is a story on Yahoo: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010731/ts/tech_codered_dc_11.html And TechTV: http://www.techtv.com/news/story/0,24195,3339749,00.html And CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/07/30/code.red/index.html This is very real and could be a very large problem for those who are running MS Internet Information Server. It will not effect end users at all, but could potentially bring the internet to a crawl with all the traffic it could generate. Todd Walker GPLRank: +72.27 (Held back by the @#$% Ring) twalker at jam dot rr dot com http://twalker.d2g.com/gpl On Tue, 31 Jul 2001 13:12:01 GMT, [email hidden] (Rafe McAuliffe) wrote: >Don't know how serious it is, but I get very suspicious when the >website announcing it is called "web4profitonline"... > >>http://www.web4profitonline.com/infovirus.html