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Slammer Worm Update It might be interesting to see how many companies by the Slammer worm affects when they turn on their computers today.
The worm crippled the Internet overnight Saturday in a denial-of-service attack similar to the Code Red Virus. The worm only affects servers running Microsoft SQL Server. It does not cause any permanent damage and is easily patched, but it overloads networks in an aggressive attempt to self-replicate.
Slammer earned its name when System Admin-types were called from the bar after midnight in Europe to deal with the threat.
More info on the Slammer, or read about Microsoft's "Trustworthy Computing" pledge.
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