On Tue Apr 30, 2002 at 03:57:23PM -0400, Shawn McMahon wrote: > begin craigw quotation: > > > > Anyway, every single day I get dozens of requests for things like > > /MSADC/root.exe, winnt/system32/cmd.exe, etc, etc; all windows stuff & > > therefore all failed requests. The typical thing is each IP will look > > for about 15 things and then give up. Here's a typical example: > > modemcable244.105-203-24.mtl.mc.videotron.ca - - [20/Apr/2002:13:31:48 > > -0700] "GET /scripts/root.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 210 > > > > It doesn't really bother me, but I am curious what sort of reactions can > > or should be made, or what if anything should be done about them. > > Those are Windows viruses, such as Nimda and CodeRed, attempting to > attack your machine. > Oh right, that's gotta be it, that would explain why they're all almost identical. I should of thought of that, but I guess I never even think about "viruses". LOL :-)
> Retaliation against the offending sites is tempting, but both futile and > illegal. > > Letting the person know he's infected is probably futile, but sometimes > helpful. > yeah, I suppose you're right - after all, their only crime is going online using M$ products and doing their email with Outhouse... -- -CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
