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I just read this on MSN
CODE RED BEGINS TO TAKE HOLD
The Code Red worm is beginning to take hold and has reportedly infected at least 22,000 websites worldwide. It is also spreading fears of a major internet slowdown. US officials remain hopeful that enough computers are protected to avoid major interruptions. The infection rate seems to be on par with the worm's first outbreak last month, said Alan Paller, research director at the Sans Institute, a computer security think tank working with the US government. The FBI's National Infrastructure Research Centre reports the worm has been seen worldwide. "Early reports of activity spanning the entire globe, including the US, indicate the worm has gone active and is presently spreading throughout the internet," according to a NIPC statement. Code Red infected at least 300,000 websites during the first outbreak. Early reports wondered whether those slowdowns were due to a Baltimore train crash that damaged some fibre-optic lines, but now officials blame the incident on Code Red. In July, the worm had only a day to spread before it was programmed to go into an attack mode against the White House website. But now the worm has much more time to do damage. The worm can spread quickly without human intervention, but does not affect most home computers. The malicious program can only be stopped if enough website operators install Microsoft's software patch, which plugs the security hole the worm uses to attack. FBI officials continued to urge computer users to download the patch.
so there you have it the worm is real and has started, has anyone else found the internet slow today?
CODE RED BEGINS TO TAKE HOLD
The Code Red worm is beginning to take hold and has reportedly infected at least 22,000 websites worldwide. It is also spreading fears of a major internet slowdown. US officials remain hopeful that enough computers are protected to avoid major interruptions. The infection rate seems to be on par with the worm's first outbreak last month, said Alan Paller, research director at the Sans Institute, a computer security think tank working with the US government. The FBI's National Infrastructure Research Centre reports the worm has been seen worldwide. "Early reports of activity spanning the entire globe, including the US, indicate the worm has gone active and is presently spreading throughout the internet," according to a NIPC statement. Code Red infected at least 300,000 websites during the first outbreak. Early reports wondered whether those slowdowns were due to a Baltimore train crash that damaged some fibre-optic lines, but now officials blame the incident on Code Red. In July, the worm had only a day to spread before it was programmed to go into an attack mode against the White House website. But now the worm has much more time to do damage. The worm can spread quickly without human intervention, but does not affect most home computers. The malicious program can only be stopped if enough website operators install Microsoft's software patch, which plugs the security hole the worm uses to attack. FBI officials continued to urge computer users to download the patch.
so there you have it the worm is real and has started, has anyone else found the internet slow today?
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Tiscali..?
Tiscali servers are as lightning quick as ever.
No difference for me, as yet. Maybe it's because I have ntlworld, and seeing as Microsoft has bought chunks out of it, they wouldn't want to infect ntl servers, would they? oops, I think I've given the game away...
FantasyMeister wrote:
> It's also a great time to fire in some low bids on high priced about
> to close items on the auction sites, because noone else may be able
> to get on later to outbid you, meaning you get everything a lot
> cheaper than usual.
*FM surfs off quickly, cash in hand*
that ok if you happen to have some cash to spend
> It's also a great time to fire in some low bids on high priced about
> to close items on the auction sites, because noone else may be able
> to get on later to outbid you, meaning you get everything a lot
> cheaper than usual.
*FM surfs off quickly, cash in hand*
that ok if you happen to have some cash to spend
It's also a great time to fire in some low bids on high priced about to close items on the auction sites, because noone else may be able to get on later to outbid you, meaning you get everything a lot cheaper than usual.
*FM surfs off quickly, cash in hand*
*FM surfs off quickly, cash in hand*
Yes, I get that, you click a link and nothing appears to be happening, then all of a sudden it moves.
Spooky.
Spooky.
Me, but then I got AOL and a 56k modem, I find it's slow everyday, but today, yes, it's very slow.
(On August the 22nd FM officially gets cable installed, therefore watchout, he'll be posting 9 times faster, thereby winning 9 times as many games on GAD).
(On August the 22nd FM officially gets cable installed, therefore watchout, he'll be posting 9 times faster, thereby winning 9 times as many games on GAD).
I just read this on MSN
CODE RED BEGINS TO TAKE HOLD
The Code Red worm is beginning to take hold and has reportedly infected at least 22,000 websites worldwide. It is also spreading fears of a major internet slowdown. US officials remain hopeful that enough computers are protected to avoid major interruptions. The infection rate seems to be on par with the worm's first outbreak last month, said Alan Paller, research director at the Sans Institute, a computer security think tank working with the US government. The FBI's National Infrastructure Research Centre reports the worm has been seen worldwide. "Early reports of activity spanning the entire globe, including the US, indicate the worm has gone active and is presently spreading throughout the internet," according to a NIPC statement. Code Red infected at least 300,000 websites during the first outbreak. Early reports wondered whether those slowdowns were due to a Baltimore train crash that damaged some fibre-optic lines, but now officials blame the incident on Code Red. In July, the worm had only a day to spread before it was programmed to go into an attack mode against the White House website. But now the worm has much more time to do damage. The worm can spread quickly without human intervention, but does not affect most home computers. The malicious program can only be stopped if enough website operators install Microsoft's software patch, which plugs the security hole the worm uses to attack. FBI officials continued to urge computer users to download the patch.
so there you have it the worm is real and has started, has anyone else found the internet slow today?
CODE RED BEGINS TO TAKE HOLD
The Code Red worm is beginning to take hold and has reportedly infected at least 22,000 websites worldwide. It is also spreading fears of a major internet slowdown. US officials remain hopeful that enough computers are protected to avoid major interruptions. The infection rate seems to be on par with the worm's first outbreak last month, said Alan Paller, research director at the Sans Institute, a computer security think tank working with the US government. The FBI's National Infrastructure Research Centre reports the worm has been seen worldwide. "Early reports of activity spanning the entire globe, including the US, indicate the worm has gone active and is presently spreading throughout the internet," according to a NIPC statement. Code Red infected at least 300,000 websites during the first outbreak. Early reports wondered whether those slowdowns were due to a Baltimore train crash that damaged some fibre-optic lines, but now officials blame the incident on Code Red. In July, the worm had only a day to spread before it was programmed to go into an attack mode against the White House website. But now the worm has much more time to do damage. The worm can spread quickly without human intervention, but does not affect most home computers. The malicious program can only be stopped if enough website operators install Microsoft's software patch, which plugs the security hole the worm uses to attack. FBI officials continued to urge computer users to download the patch.
so there you have it the worm is real and has started, has anyone else found the internet slow today?
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