[ale] CodeRed Popups?

[Joseph Andrew Knapka]

Ben Coleman wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 13 Aug 2001 10:05:05 -0600, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> 
> >  Not 500 pages, but if a server scans my box, just throws up a single
> >message that they've been infected and lets them go their merry way.
> 
> Of course, if enough people set up for this, an infected server could
> end up sporting a lot of popups, perhaps enough to effect a DOS by
> chewing up memory with the popups.  I also get this picture of some
> poor MCSE sitting there, trying to dismiss all of the popups (which are
> likely to continue to pop up while he's clicking away) so he can try
> and fix the machine.

Gee, he might even need to bring down his web server in order to
make the fix :-)

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