Contrasted with present day malware, Code Red appears to be a practically kinder, gentler rendition of a danger. Be that as it may, when it cleared across PCs overall in 2001, it surprised security specialists by taking advantage of a blemish in Microsoft Web Data Server.
That permitted the worm to mutilate and bring down certain sites. Maybe most importantly, Code Red effectively cut down the whitehouse.gov site and constrained other government organizations to bring down their own public sites also for a brief time. However later worms have since eclipsed Code Red, it's actually recalled by hostile to infection specialists as a defining moment for malware in light of its fast spread.