Posted 23rf July 2001

Jet Propelled Virus

ADSL (marketed as Jetstream and Jetstart by Telecom in New Zealand) users need to be aware of the potential problems with full-time connections. PlaNet has had one Jetstream user so far affected by the Code Red worm on their NT server.

That user has been contacted, but the worm would have been running since Friday, using a lot of traffic that they can potentially be billed for by Telecom on their Jetstream account. Others may be affected but we don't know about it yet. Anyone running NT or 2000 with IIS and Index Server is vulnerable to the Code Red worm and should be warned.

We recommend ADSL users consult the following documentation on security.

http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/home_networks.html">www.cert.org/tech_tips/home_networks.html
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http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-20.html">www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-20.html.

We encourage the technical readers of our mailing list to reach out to your parents, children, and other relatives and friends who might not be as technically oriented, point them to this document and help them understand the basics of security, the risks, and how they can better defend themselves. We have a long road to travel in educating home users on the security risks of the Internet. But all of us working together to educate home users will improve the security of the Internet as a whole..