Code Red

[Ron Russell]

Here is a link with a bit more depth on the fact that Qwest and Hotmail are
affected.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/sci_tech/story_16353.asp
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Toft" <george@georgetoft.com>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 8:17 AM
Subject: Re: Code Red


> I came across a post on AZIPA indicating Qwest was infected.
>
> George
>
>
> Jim wrote:
> >
> > The interesting thing about the whole issue is that no one is mentioning
that
> > only MS servers seem to be infected.  Not that MS ever considers
security as
> > a priority, but why isnt the media screaming bloody murder over the
software
> > that is allowing this virus, and others, to spread?
> >
> > On another note, the Qwest servers in Phoenix have been down for at
least
> > part of the day today and yesterday.  I bet it has something to do with
the
> > latest surge of infections propogating over the net.  After almost an
hour
> > waiting for tech services, I got no satisfaction.  I will be contacting
Kimi
> > this afternoon about setting up dialup service with UnityWave.
> >
> > I had considered moving to UnityWave ever since Qwest decided to throw
in
> > with MSN, but their latest service outages and their total incompetence
> > solving their own problems have moved the timetable up.
> >
> > Jim
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