From korbomite@yahoo.com Tue, 31 Jul 2001 10:39:51 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 10:39:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Cannon korbomite@yahoo.com Subject: [sklyarov-chicago] [OT]Are you patched? COMPLETELY off-topic here, but I'm still in 'bunker mode' here due to what's happening on the Internet now (and what's about to happen). I'm not spamming you and this is not a 'rumour virus.' AS a responsible user of the Internet, a responsible sysadmin, and a security professional, I send the following: PLEASE if you are running ANY version of Windows NT above 3.51 or Windows 2000 (including Professional) ANYWHERE, ANYHOW...PLEASE (enough PLEASEes?) go to http://www.microsoft.com and click on the CODE RED WORM link in the upper right-hand corner. DO THIS EVEN IF YOU ARE DIAL-UP ONLY OR DON'T THINK YOU'RE AT RISK!!!!! DO THIS EVEN IF YOU ARE BEHIND A FIREWALL!!!! (Obviously, don't do this on a corporate machine, but if you don't see the 'computer guys/gals' coming around PHYSICALLY to confirm patching and cleaning, your Korp's gonna be in BIG trouble come the 19th). PLEASE PATCH YOUR WINDOWS!!!! Don't bother to update your virus software or go to your anti-virus vendor's website. Don't bother to contact YOUR security guy. Go to the Microsoft home page and click through and APPLY THE PATCH!!!! I have a link below directly to the page that links to the patch download. If you have questions, feel free to contact me until 7:00 PM tonight (when _I_ will be down for a well-deserved rest -- my _personal_ count so far this weekend is 3200 servers patched and confirmed virus-free we're doing it by script and following up manually). As of now, even though Win95, Win98, and WinME all use ISAPI (the 'weakest link' the worm exploits), Microsoft has not yet released a patch. There is currently no consensus as to whether these systems are or will be vulnerable. Mike Cannon ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Got Patch? GET IT! http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/ technet/itsolutions/security/topics/codeptch.asp FREE DMITRY!!! http://freesklyarov.org/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++