In addition, we are making available the SANS Institute’s short course (audio, PPT, and PDF) on how to eliminate the problem in Microsoft's IIS web server that makes Windows NT and Windows 2000 systems vulnerable to the Code Red worm. Code Red has already infected more than 300,000 Windows servers and, on July 19th, caused major degradation of the Internet. It will begin a new infestation on Tuesday evening, July 31. Anyone who runs Windows 2000 or Windows NT may be infecting other users and hurting performance on the Internet (Windows 95, 98, and ME users are unaffected). Patching your system to keep it from being infected is critically important.
Het nieuwse virus en wat te doen ingeval van infectie...
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