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AP story on Msoft blocking Mydoom.B
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 07:32:00 -0500
Delivered-To: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 00:00:32 -0500 MMDF-Warning: Parse error in original version of preceding line at postoffice.srv.cs.cmu.edu From: Mary Shaw <mary.shaw () cs cmu edu> Subject: AP story on Msoft blocking Mydoom.B To: dave () farber net Dave, Here's the AP story on Microsoft resisting the Mydoom.B virus attack. The sentence, "Microsoft did say that computers infected with the virus would not be able to access Microsoft's Web site." is particularly interesting. How do you suppose they detect infection in order to block access? Mary ====================================== Microsoft Web Sites Resist Virus Attack Email this Story Feb 3, 6:49 PM (ET) By ALLISON LINN SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) said it had fought off an attempted software virus attack Tuesday that was aimed at shutting down some of the company's Web sites. Stephen Toulouse, a security program manager for Microsoft, said the company's Web sites ran normally throughout the day. The virus, called "Mydoom.B," was programmed to launch an attack on Microsoft's site Tuesday, two days after a variant shut down the Web site of The SCO Group, a small Utah software company. But security experts had said the Mydoom.B variant was spreading much less quickly than Mydoom.A, the version that attacked SCO Group. The virus works by getting infected computers to send hundreds of thousands of requests for the site per minute, in hopes of crippling it. Toulouse would not detail how Microsoft had been able to ward off the attack, citing security concerns. Microsoft did say that computers infected with the virus would not be able to access Microsoft's Web site. The Redmond-based company has set up an alternative Web site, https://information.microsoft.com, for those users. Last week, Microsoft said it would to pay $250,000 to anyone who helps authorities find and prosecute the author of the virus. The cash reward is the third so far under a $5 million program Microsoft announced in early November to help U.S. authorities catch authors of unusually damaging Internet infections aimed at consumers of the company's software products. SCO Group had previously offered a $250,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the creator of the Mydoom.A version. --- On the Net: http://www.microsoft.com https://information.microsoft.com ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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