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Yet another new virus:
Code Red - This virus targeted computers running Microsoft’s IIS web server. It exploited a buffer overflow vulnerability (by repeating a string of text until the buffer overflowed) on infected computers to spread. Once the buffer overflowed, Code Red would send its program as a string, which an affected computer would interpret as instructions and allow the worm to spread unhindered. Websites affected by the worm would be defaced with the text “HELLO! Welcome to http:// www . worm . com! Hacked By Chinese!”, and the virus would follow a pattern of behaviour depending on the day of the month. For the 1st to 19th, it would spread itself by searching for more IIS servers over the internet. On the 20th to 27th, it would launch DDOS attacks on several IP addresses (among these was the IP address of the White House). After the 28th, the worm would remain dormant until the beginning of the next month.

Description

Yet another new virus:
Code Red - This virus targeted computers running Microsoft’s IIS web server. It exploited a buffer overflow vulnerability (by repeating a string of text until the buffer overflowed) on infected computers to spread. Once the buffer overflowed, Code Red would send its program as a string, which an affected computer would interpret as instructions and allow the worm to spread unhindered. Websites affected by the worm would be defaced with the text “HELLO! Welcome to http:// www . worm . com! Hacked By Chinese!”, and the virus would follow a pattern of behaviour depending on the day of the month. For the 1st to 19th, it would spread itself by searching for more IIS servers over the internet. On the 20th to 27th, it would launch DDOS attacks on several IP addresses (among these was the IP address of the White House). After the 28th, the worm would remain dormant until the beginning of the next month.