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Hotmail Servers Shut Down by Code Red

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the is-it-a-problem-yet dept.

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.

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  1. Here's a great plan by BillyGoatThree · · Score: 5, Funny

    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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  2. Probably... by briggsb · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft is using a Beta version of the new IIS software for their hotmail servers that come with the worm already bundled with it.

    1. Re:Probably... by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 5, Funny
      Microsoft is using a Beta version of the new IIS software for their hotmail servers that come with the worm already bundled with it.

      This is another monopolistic outrage!!! Just where will the bundling stop? Now Bill Gates wants to take away the livelyhoods of the virus witers! Is anybody safe?

  3. All part of the new design by Nick+Number · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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  4. "Just patch your servers" by Havokmon · · Score: 5, Funny
    Wasn't it Craig Mundie who said that, in refrence to WHOSE problem the virus was?

    (twas a ZDNet story I can't seem to locate)

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  5. I think you meant: by flimflam · · Score: 5, Funny

    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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  6. Okay so... by UberOogie · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...Code Red is taking down Hotmail so that people can't get to their accounts that are filled up with SirCam?

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  7. .Net by Marcus+Erroneous · · Score: 5, Funny

    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? ;)

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  8. I dunno! by pallex · · Score: 5, Funny

    "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!