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To: Trader J who wrote (45529)	8/7/2001 12:23:39 AM
From: LTK007	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 56537

<More importantly, my ISP has a bad case of it (@home) and I am getting bombarded by packets.> whew! now i ask,is my PC safe,as it is a Win98??? I best call my server tomorrow--a local guy.Lives in the village next to mine and built from serving the local community to now serving much of Maine.PaxMax p.s. has the first patch provided by MSFT held up,or have those having that patch also being penetrated?

To: Trader J who wrote (45529)	8/7/2001 1:09:03 AM
From: LTK007	Respond to of 56537

from MSFT site regards Red Code--they now have a Red Code II patch---here are the details as to who is or is not vulnerable. <<A Very Real and Present Threat to the Internet: Install the patch today Summary: The Code Red Worm and mutations of the worm pose a continued and serious threat to Internet users. Immediate action is required to combat this threat. Users who have deployed software that is vulnerable to the worm (Microsoft IIS Versions 4.0 and 5.0) must install, if they have not done so already, a vital security patch. How Big Is The Problem? On July 19, the Code Red worm infected more than 250,000 systems in just 9 hours. The worm scans the Internet, identifies vulnerable systems, and infects these systems by installing itself. Each newly installed worm joins all the others causing the rate of scanning to grow rapidly. This uncontrolled growth in scanning directly decreases the speed of the Internet and can cause sporadic but widespread outages among all types of systems. Code Red is likely to start spreading again on July 31st, 2001 8:00 PM EDT and has mutated so that it may be even more dangerous. This spread has the potential to disrupt business and personal use of the Internet for applications such as electronic commerce, email and entertainment. Who Must Act? Every organization or person who has Windows NT or Windows 2000 systems AND the IIS web server software may be vulnerable. IIS is installed automatically for many applications. If you are not certain, follow the instructions to determine whether you are running IIS 4.0 or 5.0. If you are using Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows XP RC1 or later, or Windows .NET Server build 3505 or later, there is no action that you need to take in response to this alert. What To Do If You Are Vulnerable? a. To rid your machine of the current worm, reboot your computer. b. To protect your system from re-infection: Install the patch as specified in the instructions. The security bulletin that describes the patch and the vulnerability it addresses is posted at: microsoft.com Because of the importance of this threat, this alert is being made jointly by: Microsoft The National Infrastructure Protection Center Federal Computer Incident Response Center (FedCIRC) Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) CERT Coordination Center SANS Institute Internet Security Systems Internet Security Alliance >> end quote