CaptainRAVE Posted July 31, 2001 Share Posted July 31, 2001 Code RED in a nutshell 1) NT and 2000 Servers that are running IIS. 2) Patch has been available since Jun 18/2001. People should be more concerned about that stupid Sircam virus than this Code red worm, as usual the mainsteam media has it all wrong. More info 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 attached to determine whether you are running IIS 4.0 or 5.0. If you are using Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Me, 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 Microsoft's patch for the Code Red vulnerability problem: - - Windows NT version 4.0: http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/Release.asp?ReleaseID=30833 - - Windows 2000 Professional, Server and Advanced Server: http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/Release.asp?ReleaseID=30800 Step-by-step instructions for these actions are posted at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp? url=/technet/itsolutions/security/topics/codeptch.asp Microsoft's description of the patch and its installation, and the vulnerability it addresses is posted at: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp? url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-033.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PreTZeL Posted July 31, 2001 Share Posted July 31, 2001 can you be affected if your computer is switched off during the infection times? and can you be affected if you are running a dual OS system and are using the non NT/2000 OS at the time? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainRAVE Posted July 31, 2001 Author Share Posted July 31, 2001 I dont know...but someone else in the forums might. I just got that from one of my fellow Taldren forum moderators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PreTZeL Posted July 31, 2001 Share Posted July 31, 2001 good...ill be turning off my computer tonight just in case...and i wont be back till the morning, thanks for the heads-up i dont want anything invading me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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