-=> John Guillory wrote to All <=-   
      
    JG> I had to drop my web server. Took me a while to figure out what was   
    JG> going on. I killed every task on the computer I could and it stayed   
    JG> bogged down like crazy.  I'd telnet into my machine even using   
    JG> 127.0.0.1 from the local computer and have to wait a few minutes before   
    JG> I'd get to the login prompt! It was so slow, once it connected, you got   
    JG> nothing at all, I had time to burn a CD, check back and it was checking   
    JG> my ip address.... Start another CD burning on my laptop and oh look now   
    JG> I can enter my name.... Wait.... Password.... etc. Frustrated with that   
    JG> and it wanted to crash 2-3 times, I was wanting to see if I might have   
    JG> missed an update or something....Checking the version number I looked   
    JG> at the Synchronet's screen and saw lines flying like crazy.... Closer   
    JG> inspection late last night I noticed it was my web server with lots of   
    JG> non-existing files....  Apparently some web server's infected with the   
    JG> code-red or similiar virus, but either way it's rampant attack on my   
    JG> server has brought mine to its knees..... I shut it down temporarly   
    JG> till I have the time to dig through and see the IP address I need to   
    JG> bann....   
      
      
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   That does not sound like fun.  Sorry about the frustrations with what happened.   
    Best of luck   
   in tracking down the cause of the VERY slow response.  Should virus software   
   not catch   
   something like the code-red or similiar virus.  Maybe update the anti-virus.   
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