[OT] New worm attacks

[Don Dupy]

thanks, we need all the help we can get....

Don Dupy
Systems Administrator
Maxxrad PC Services
http://www.maxxrad.net
email: fedora at maxxrad.net

On Fri, 25 Jun 2004, Edward Croft wrote:

> Just trying to spread the word. There is a new worm that is attacking
> IIS servers. It puts a piece of code on web pages and then infects PCs
> that use Internet Explorer to access the web server. The infection loads
> software on the users PC to steal keyclicks and send them to the writer.
> There are three holes in IIS, two were patched in April. The last MS is
> still working on. MS recommends users turn off javascript in Internet
> Explorer.
> The security experts are taking this one step further and advising users
> to switch to Opera or Mozilla.
> I know this is a Fedora group, but some of us manage these other high
> risk machines. Just trying to spread the word to help minimize the
> damage.
> Thank you for your indulgence.
> --
> Edward M. Croft
> Sr. Systems Engineer
> Open Ratings, Inc.
> 200 West Street
> Waltham, MA 02451-1121
>
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