FYI @Home user RE: [cobalt-users] Code Red Storm

["Dan Kriwitsky" <webhosting@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you for your report of Code Red probes.  

While we are not allowed to give out specific information regarding 
subscriber identity, or specific action taken without legal process, we 
have identified the offending user and taken appropriate action against 
this account.  If you are receiving 'get' command strings from an @Home 
user or users, directed at port 80, it is likely that that originating 
machine has been compromised by the Code Red virus.  One of the effects 
it has is to cause infected machines to search for other machines that 
would be exploitable.  Machines that are running unpatched versions of 
Windows NT Server or 2000, with a Web Server and IIS (Microsoft Index 
Server 2.0 or Indexing Service in Windows 2000) are vulnerable to this 
exploit.  If you are NOT running this OS and services, your computer is 
not subject to this particular compromise.  For more information on this
situation, point your browser here:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-033.asp
http://news.excite.com/news/ap/010805/20/code-red
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-201-6625599-0.html

If you have are running this Operating System, Microsoft suggests that 
you obtain and run the patch as soon as possible:

For Windows NT:
http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/Release.asp?ReleaseID=30833

For Windows 2000:
http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/Release.asp?ReleaseID=30800

For more information regarding our Acceptable Use Policy, please see the
following URL:

	http://www.home.net/aup

@Home Network Policy Management Team

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Dan Kriwitsky