Wired: Scary Hybrid Internet Worm Loose

Published by Colin on 18th September 2001.

The Code Red worm’s got a big brother and it’s one hell of a big one. Not only does it affect sites running Microsoft’s IIS, but it can also affect any windows desktop machine simply when it accesses content on an infected server, or via Outlook (what worm doesn’t these days?). It’s already hammering away at my gateway here, and at quite a pace. This looks like it’s going to be the worst ever. Non-windows users need not worry.