Re: Message from my ISP

From: Alun Jones (alun@texis.com)
Date: 01/27/03 

From: alun@texis.com (Alun Jones)
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 15:58:26 GMT

In article <b10k2g$d2i$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>, "Mike"
<michael.owen@hushmail.com> wrote:
>"Melissa" <Melissa@UPAlliance.orgDDD> wrote in message
>news:3e32c1d0$1_3@omega.dimensional.com...
>> On 25 Jan 2003 at 4:09, Jawaid.Bazyar@foreThought.net wrote:
>>
>> > Dear Valued Customer,
>> >
>> > Large portions of the Internet are suffering from a massive
>> > denial-of-service type attack. It appears to be a worm,
>> > attacking and infecting Microsoft SQL server.
>> >
>> > While the worm directly attacks Microsoft SQL server, the level of
>> > traffic being generated by the worm is so huge that large-scale portions
>> > of the Internet are basically unusable.
>> ...
>>
>> I wonder if the Iraqis are behind this kind of thing.
>
>More likely it was someone aged between 12-25, living in a Western nation.

Obviously, viruses are caused by acne. If we can find a cure for acne, we'll
automatically prevent future viruses from occurring :-)

Alun.
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