IP: IMMEDIATE DANGER: if you are running Windows NT or 2000

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 16:12:43 -0400
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> From: David Chessler <chessler () usa net>
> Subject: Fwd: IMMEDIATE DANGER: if you are running Windows NT or 2000
>
> * Original: FROM..... Dick Atlee
>
> [with apologies for cross-posting]
>
> I imagine most of you by now have seen coverage of the Code Red worm.
>
>    Ignore this message if you are NOT running Windows NT or Windows 2000.
>
>    Ignore this message if you ARE running NT or 2000 and have taken
>      action to protect your machine against Code Red.
>
> If you ARE running NT or 2000 and have not taken action, please do so
> today, NOW.  By 8PM tonight, if you haven't, and your machine is on
> the Internet, you may very likely become a contributor to what may
> become a serious slowdown of the Internet and/or attacks on major
> Internet sites.
>
> The major Internet security firms and Microsoft have cooperated in
> issuing an emergency alert on the steps that must be taken to determine
> if you are at risk, and what to do about it.  I've put it up on the
> MDK-12 web site at
>
>           http://www.inform.umd.edu/mdk-12/codered.html
>
> Please go there and follow the instructions at the DigitalIsland site
> to put this ongoing risk behind you.  Thanks.
>
> Dick
>
> Dick Atlee -- K-12 Outreach -- OIT/University of Maryland
> OIT Help Desk Staff -- helpdesk () umail umd edu --



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