URGENT:Just go on vacation, = huge bot net

URGENT:
Richard Cox wrote:
> The new instance of the "Storm" worm launched on Christmas Eve is already
> having a major impact (see http://www.spamhaus.org/news.lasso?article=624)
>
> Whoever planned this worm attack was clever - he ran all his malware
> domains (which the victims click on to download their "greetings cards"
> - aka trojans) on fast-flux (botnet) hosting, relying on the Russian
> ccTLD (nic.ru) to do the updates. Unfortunately for all of us, nic.ru
> is closed for Christmas and New Year - not returning until January 9th.
>
> Many people have tried to contact nic.ru, both by telephone (during their
> advertised opening times) and by email but nic.ru do not reply. Ten more
> days of infection - at the very least - will get that guy one huge botnet
> and I know I don't need to mention what that sort of power could do.
>
> If anyone DOES know of an emergency process to contact nic.ru, could
> they either use it, post it here, and/or mail me directly with it?

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You can contact me I'll forward it.
Gerald

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