The Code Red worm was followed last week by an even more aggressive one, dubbed Code Red II, that uses infected computers to unleash massive port-scanning attacks affecting systems that aren’t even ...

A new and potentially more serious computer worm that tries to exploit the same security hole as the Code Red worm began circulating over the weekend, according to warnings issued by multiple research ...

Campus-computing officials say they’re still seeing daily evidence of two software worms that made their way across the Internet this summer -- “Code Red” and “Code Red II” -- although network ...

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 ...

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 ...

— -- 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 ...

N E W   Y O R K, Aug. 2 -- The Code Red worm continued to crawl around the Internet today, but computer experts say its pace has become, well, sluggish. "We are cautiously optimistic that the ...

Computer security experts warned today of the spread of a new, destructive worm that is similar to Code Red, which infected computers around the world last week. The new worm - dubbed by some experts ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--Security researchers presented data on Friday indicating that Code Red version 2, a 9-month-old worm, continues to spread slowly across the Internet, compromising ...

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 ...

Widespread use of security patches seems to have minimized the danger that could have been wreaked by the Code Red worm. Network administrators and security experts feared that the worm would bombard ...

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 ...