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This is not a threat relating to CurvedSpace/SeeD in any way, I'm just making it clear in the beginning.
The following is an article from AOL:
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Important Virus Information (is Not From Here)
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Cspace 
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Posted 25 June 2004 - 05:57 PM
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| Large-Scale Attack Hits Thousands of Web Sites Experts Say Update Your Antivirus Software By TED BRIDIS, AP CHICAGO (June 25) - Government and industry experts warned late Thursday of a mysterious, large-scale Internet attack against thousands of popular Web sites. The virus-like infection tries to implant hacker software onto the computers of all Web site visitors. Industry experts and the Homeland Security Department were studying the infection to determine how it spreads across Web sites and find adequate defenses against it. ''Users should be aware that any Web site, even those that may be trusted by the user, may be affected by this activity and thus contain potentially malicious code,'' the government warned in one Internet alert. The mysterious infection appeared to target at least one recent version of software by Microsoft Corp. to operate Web sites, called its Internet Information Server, popular among businesses and organizations. A spokesman for Microsoft declined to comment immediately. Experts said the attack's effects were unusually broad but weren't substantially interfering with Internet traffic. ''While this is significant, it has no impact on the operation of the Internet,'' said Marcus Sachs, who helps run the industry's Internet Storm Center in Bethesda, Md. Experts urgently recommended consumers and corporate employees to update the antivirus software on their computers, since the latest versions can immunize visitors to infected Web sites. The infected Web sites attempt to implant on visitors' computers hacker software that allows others to use their computers to surreptitiously route Internet spam e-mails. |
Just thought that I'd inform everyone of this. I seriously doubt that anything will happen here, but be sure to be careful when you surf the web. We do not run with the software that is supposedly targeted, but I believe that many other sites do so be careful.
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Posted 25 June 2004 - 06:03 PM
It's from AOL, bashing Microsoft.. I wonder if it's true.. 
Well, no more ESPN for me, for a while.
Well, no more ESPN for me, for a while.
Sam's gay
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Posted 25 June 2004 - 06:55 PM
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Lol
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I have a feeling that they will be okay in a day or two if they are affected at all. Once the means of this virus' propagation is discovered the major corporate websites such as ESPN will probably be the first to secure themselves.
It's funny how things work: A hacker would spend months creating something like this and a solution is almost always found in a couple days.
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Posted 25 June 2004 - 07:16 PM
There had been discussion of this at my job... general consensus to a solution:
Install Mozilla or Opera.
Install Mozilla or Opera.
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