— -- The Code Red worm has infected tens of thousands of computers worldwide. Here are some basic facts computer users should know about it: Will my computer be affected by Code Red? The only ...

The Code Red worm infected thousands of computers each hour today, with about 150,000 scanning the Internet for more victims, even as U.S. Web watchers said the worm's impact had been minimized. At ...

It may have caused BT major embarrassment, but it's still no web-slayer... The latest version of the Code Red worm may still be causing tension across the web, but it's still failed to live up to the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) _ After the original Code Red worm infected about 250,000 computers at its peak last week, its more malicious cousin caused sporadic Internet outages nationwide, including the ...

SAN FRANCISCO - The Code Red worm may have failed to live up to its formidable advance billing, but security experts said Friday that the malicious program foreshadows much more devastating Internet ...

The dreaded Code Red worm was fading from the spotlight Friday, as the pest found fewer Web servers to infect. After hogging headlines and fanning computer technicians' fears for several days, the ...

WASHINGTON -- In an unprecedented show of force against an extremely virulent Internet attack, government and private officials today will implore worldwide organizations to protect themselves from ...

The "Code Red" computer worm that infected hundreds of thousands of personal computers earlier this month is likely to begin spreading again tonight, as it prepares to launch attacks on select Web ...

A damaging new computer worm was spreading like wildfire across the Internet on Tuesday, hitting both home PCs and commercial servers, in an outbreak that could prove more widespread and costly than ...

Last week's media blitz surrounding the Code Red computer worm may have encouraged the development of a successor dubbed Code Red II. "People who do this kind of thing do it to get publicity," said ...

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