Although computer security experts are bracing for renewed activity by a computer "worm" tomorrow -- chances are that you don't have to worry about your home computer being affected.
The "Code Red" worm targets Internet servers that are mostly used by businesses. So, very few individual computer users have been affected.
"Code Red" takes advantage of a flaw that was discovered last month in Microsoft software that's used in Internet servers.
A software patch was made available to correct it -- but a lot of computers haven't yet been updated.
Government computer security experts say in the first 20 days of each month, the "worm" spreads itself. They're expecting that activity to start up again tomorrow evening.
Then, for the rest of the month, it tries to knock the White House Web site off-line.
The worm defaces Web sites with the words "Hacked by Chinese."
It doesn't destroy data -- but it could be modified to do so.
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