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Omar wrote:

> >>My computer says the attachments from this recent posting from "anhvu" on
> >>the listserve are infected.  DO NOT OPEN!!!
> >>
> >>
> >>From:         anhvu <[log in to unmask]>
>
> This was immediately suspicious. A one-hundred kilobyte message?
>
> I hope that list members will refrain from posting attachments to this
> list. And also from posting in HTML fomat. Sending attachments to a
> list is generally a bad idea and virus infections may be spread by
> code imbedded in HTML messages that calls the virus when the message
> is opened from a machine that is still online. Anything that
> absolutely needs to be distributed can be posted on the web and the
> URL announced on the list. The defunct e-groups issued all of their
> electronic forums with a "vault" expressly for file distribution.
>
> CODE RED WORM
>
> If you who may be running WinNT or Win2000 operating systems and have
> not expressly taken precautions to protect yourself you are exposed to
> attack. The worm is a parasite that enables those who distribute it to
> control infected machines remotely via the Windows IIS Personal Web
> Server. Estimates are that some 100,000 personal computers around the
> world are now Code Red zombies. Most people operating infected
> machines are unaware of the presence of a virus that has turned their
> machines collectively into a powerful weapon in the hands of persons
> unknown.
>
> The worm enters your computer while you are online by probing your
> ports and entering, typically, through port 80, if it finds it open. A
> friend of mine who is online most of the time intercepts 5 to 10 of
> these worms a day. The first massive attack on July 1st infected more
> than 300,000 machines world wide in the space of twelve hours. A
> second wave occurred on August 1st, a third is expected on Saturday,
> September 1st.
>
> Please investigate this yourselves. Check to see whether or not you
> are running Microsoft Personal Web server - some implementations of
> Windows install this as default. If you are, then assume that you are
> infected. Check the Microsoft web site and take steps to remove the
> worm and then either shut down IIS or download and install the MS
> patch to protect yourself from the worm if you continue to use IIS.
> The patch is not effective if your machine is already infected.
>
> The worm does not appear to be designed to damage your system or your
> hardware, but rather to use your equipment for purposes that are
> impossible to ascertain.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Omar
>
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