Joanne Dow wrote:
>
> Alex, how have you escaped hearing of the CodeRed Worm? This was an issue
> last month. It is an issue this month. (I am up to an attack a minute on
> my DSL node.)
Joanne:
I probably just overlooked this issue last month, since my system didn't
get knocked by it, or I just was too busy with my luser's SirCam
problems... man, that was a pain!
> It is an attack that compromises IIS servers. So you are safe from it. If
> you have any friends with MS OSs attached to the net get them to visit
> microsoft.com and update their <censored> systems.
>
> The specific version of the CodeRed worm you quoted above installs a back
> door into a user's system. (I have explored it, slightly, on a couple
> different systems. I wish I could use it to throw up a window on their
> machines that they have been hacked and need to clean it out AND install
> a firewall that blocks port 80 AND install the MS update that fixes IIS.
Well, yeah, I already have read about it (just one hour ago) *grin* that
sounds like fun, uh? I even tried the connection to port 80 of an
infected system and tried the "GET bla bla" command to get a command
prompt - kinda scary someone can break in your computer like that.
> It is hard to believe someone could be alive today and not have run across
> mention of it on the news media or net....
As I said before, I just went to my cave for the past 4 days, I got back
and found all the excitement about this worm. Hey! I also have the right
to get a real life, don't I? :).
Thanks for your kind response and explanations :)
Alex.
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