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Hotmail Servers Shut Down by Code Red
An Anonymous Coward writes: "SF Gate has this story about Code Red taking down some of Microsoft's Hotmail servers. That's funny." So is Code Red a problem yet? Meanwhile my sircams have stopped, except for 2 people who mail me a hundred or more a day. Thank god for filters, but if I had a monthly bandwidth cap, I'd be pissed.
Did anyone read the Dilbert comic where MS had mis-spelled a word in MS Word? I can imagine the Admin(s) in question to be put into a similar situation
.. At our Comdex booth
MS Admin: We got the virus we've been teaching people to prevent.
Bill: Great, so what are you going to do about it?
MS Admin: Kill myself as an example to others?
Bill:
Microsoft has just reported on its website that the hotmail/passport servers will be down indefinitely because the programmers and technicians who are supposed to fix them can't log into their passport accounts to access their tools to fix the problem.
More on this at 11.
Best. Comment. Ever. Enjoy!
I haven't heard of a hit crew sent out to kill the authors of 'Undocumented Windows NT' or anything.
Of course you wouldn't have heard of them. What do you think they are, amateurs?
Make a modified version of CodeRed called, say, CodeNap. Include in the payload an MP3 by Metallica. Wait 48 hours until it's everywhere. Now sue Microsoft because they are making money of a system that is being used to make illegal copies of copyrighted works!
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That Microsoft didn't download and install their own patch!
Microsoft is using a Beta version of the new IIS software for their hotmail servers that come with the worm already bundled with it.
Can anyone write a new napster using this "protocol". Then we just have to set up NT servers and wait for the files to arive. First it spread itself to any boxes on the net then start transfering files on off Your HD. Everyday when you come home from work you got 2gb of fresh pron. Should keep you busy for the rest of the evening.
MSN Hotmail has a new look!
MSN Hotmail has a brand new face...and it's easier to use. You'll find it easier to create and manage your folders, see which of your Messenger buddies has been hacked by chinese, and quickly choose names from your Address Book when send document for to ask advice.
Promote proofreading. Don't mod up sloppy posts.
The install guys got confused. They were turned loose on a bunch of new servers for Hotmail front-end boxes. Their boss told them to install "the BSD OS on those" and they thought he said "the BSoD OS on those" so they busted out their Windows 2000 Advanced Server (a true oxymoron) CDs.
Funny, when we shut down access to port 80 through our firewall, worker productivity went up 172%!
This is a sure way to uninfect your system if you have Code Red.
Step 1) Open a command prompt
Step 2) Run 'ping localhost'
Step 3) Press F7 and Enter quickly a couple times in a row
Your Code Red infection is now gone.
Thank you for your attention.
(twas a ZDNet story I can't seem to locate)
"I can't give you a brain, so I'll give you a diploma" - The Great Oz (blatently stolen sig)
Um... maybe that's where Code Red originally came from.
As copyright owner of this comment, I authorize everyone to defeat any technological measure which limits access to it.
GET /default.ida?heheheheheheheheheheheh.....heheheh.m uahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahaHAHAH AHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa%u9090%u6858%ucbd3%u780 1%u9090%u6858%ucbd3%u7801%u9090%u6858%ucbd3%u7801% u9090%u9090%u8190%u00c3%u0003%u8b00%u531b%u53ff%u0 078%u0000%u00=a HTTP/1.0
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...Code Red is taking down Hotmail so that people can't get to their accounts that are filled up with SirCam?
"Enough of this wretched, whining monkey life." -- Marcus Aurelius, _Meditations_, Book 9, 37
Sign me up for Hailstorm right now! Do you need my credit card number now or later? When do you want my ssn, drivers license, home address and other personal information? Boy, I sure am glad I've got a big responsible company to handle my sensitive data instead of a bunch of foreign nobodies. If MicroSoft can't protect my information, who can we trust? ;)
You must be the change you wish to see in the world - Ghandi
Heh heh. I actually sent a message to noc@microsoft.com yesterday letting them know that several machines were infected:
l t. asp?url=/technet/itsolutions/security/topics/codea lrt.asp
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To whom it may concern:
Your Windows server(s) at
65.54.225.59
65.54.225.129
65.54.225.180
is/are infected with the Code Red worm.
Please see information about patching your systems at Microsoft's
TechNet:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/defau
R Walls
Linux Systems Admin
*email removed*
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Had I sent it later in the afternoon, two more servers would have been listed there.
Can't wait until one of these has a malicious payload.
--mandi
Oh, sorry I forgot. Some people just can't take the competition.
Is it true that I can get my FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp? Wow! That's just what I've always wanted, FREE software.
Friends don't help friends install M$ junk.
"Sucks to be them"
I can think of worse jobs than being paid by Microsoft to watch their servers being brought down by their own software!
Whatever they pay their PR department, it's not nearly enough..
I expect an MS Product manager to walk into their office this morning, only to find them to have all hung themselves..
.. unless they anticipate said MS Product manager to be walking in with yet -another- set of healthy bonus cheques.
Oh, and that new crucifix in Redmond, that has nothing to do with religion, that's the Hotmail admin responsible for this mess.
Code Red: Exploits a secruity bug in Micro$oft IIS, winds up taking down Micro$oft Hotmail servers. Damn. These guys are good at making money, and making themselves look stupid.
Ghar, the local ISP here had Xamime installed.. not a single client copped anything from Sircam... oh wait, this is about RedCode? :)
Actually, the MS provided patch doesn't work against Code Red if you have URL forwarding on your server. I bet they have it enabled, and so they were left open...
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Piss off, you stupid Yank.
You think you have "rights", but when was the last time you tried to exercise one of them that might conflict with the interests of one of your powers-that-be?
I had nothing to do with it! It was Microsoft(TM)'s servers that are having problems. It seems like everyone points the finger at CodeRed, when all I'm guilty of is lurking on Slashdot and posting useless messages over and over.
Please refrain from blaming me for every little thing. Yes, I'm the reason the net is slowing, yes my cousins [2,3] are good at what they do, but isn't it time we point the finger at security issues of other OS's instead of the usual suspects??
And I am no relation to SirCam, I just respect his work!
Thank you,
CodeRed [The low user #]
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CodeRed, the lower user #. No relation to SirCam.