RE: CodeRedII attempts from Cable/DSL/dial-ups

From: Srdjan Nikolic (srdjanat_private)
Date: Mon Aug 06 2001 - 01:39:12 PDT

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    > If CodeRedII can only infect Windows 2000 boxes running IIS, why all
    > of the CodeRedII infection attempts from what appear to be DSL, cable
    > modem and dial-up boxes?
    >
    > I could see running a small server on a DSL line but are there really
    > that many people running IIS on a 56k dial-up.
    >
    
    Unfortunately, there is a number of people out there that are inadvertendly
    running IIS on their W2K professional desktops and they don't even know it.
    Who knows how PC vendors install Win2K Professional? Some would do a full
    install with full bells & whistles (including IIS) so that customers/users
    don't bother them later?
    
    Scary, huh?
    
    Srdjan Nikolic
    Melbourne, Australia
    
    
    
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