RE: [LINK] Code Red (again!): call to lurking journos

From: Nic Healey (nic@next.com.au)
Date: Thu Aug 02 2001 - 10:10:18 EST


I personally wouldn't go removing (1) so quickly. I think its the most
likely...

nic

> ----------
> From: Saliya Wimalaratne
> Sent: Thursday, August 2, 2001 8:47 AM
> To: aussie-isp@aussie.net
> Cc: link@www.anu.edu.au
> Subject: [LINK] Code Red (again!): call to lurking journos
>
> People,
>
> "Code Red" has, of course, hit the news.
>
> It would have been good to 'get it right' to begin with; but it's not too
> late.
>
> Here are two sound-bites that you can *and should* use when reporting on
> this virus:
>
> "Code Red ONLY affects Microsoft Windows machines running Microsoft
> Internet Information Server."
>
> and
>
> "MOST home-users will not be running Microsoft Internet Information
> Server, so they should not be at risk"
>
> I haven't seen "Microsoft" or "IIS" mentioned in ANY of the news reports
> about this virus, which can mean one of two things:
>
> 1) you don't know the truth
> 2) you're scared to tell the truth
>
> - (1) has been removed from the list of options. Who's going to be a
> *real* journalist ?
>
> Regards,
>
> Saliya
>
>
>
>



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