Fwd: VIRUS ALERT - W32/Nimda@MM

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Please read the message below, I received from

Mcafee.com, regarding a new virus on the Internet.

This is a very dangerous virus and so protect your

system from it.

 

adiyen

Sudarsan

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McAfee.com has seen a large and growing number of

systems infected with the W32/Nimda (AT) MM (DOT) This is a HIGH

RISK virus that is spread via email. W32/Nimda@MM also

spreads via open shares, the Microsoft Web Folder

Transversal vulnerability (also used by W32/CodeBlue),

and a Microsoft content-type spoofing vulnerability.

 

The email attachment name VARIES and may use the icon

for an Internet Explorer HTML document.

 

It will also attempt to spread itself as follows:

 

 

The email messages created by the worm include content

that allows the worm to execute the attachment even if

the user does not open it.

It modifies HTML documents, so that when this infected

window is accessed (locally or remotely), the machine

viewing the page is then infected.

Once infected, your system is used to seek out others

to infect over the Web.

 

AVERT is currently analyzing this threat and will post

more details online shortly.

 

 

 

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VIRUS ALERT - W32/Nimda@MM

Tue, 18 Sep 2001 17:34:59 -0700

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W32/Nimda@MM

Dear Sudarsan:

McAfee.com has seen a large and growing number of systems infected with the

W32/Nimda (AT) MM (DOT) This is a HIGH RISK virus that is spread via email. W32/Nimda@MM

also spreads via open shares, the Microsoft Web Folder Transversal

vulnerability (also used by W32/CodeBlue), and a Microsoft content-type

spoofing vulnerability.

The email attachment name VARIES and may use the icon for an Internet Explorer HTML document.

It will also attempt to spread itself as follows:

The email messages created by the worm include content that allows the worm to

execute the attachment even if the user does not open it.

It modifies HTML documents, so that when this infected window is accessed

(locally or remotely), the machine viewing the page is then infected.

Once infected, your system is used to seek out others to infect over the Web.

AVERT is currently analyzing this threat and will post more details online shortly.

Click Here for detection and removal instructions for W32/Nimda@MM virus.

McAfee.com VirusScan Online and Clinic rs:If you don't have

ActiveShield installed and updated, you are not protected from this virus.

Click Here to download ActiveShield.

Retail VirusScan Users:

Version 4.0.70 and above with DAT file 4157 will detect and

remove this worm. To download the latest DAT files, Click Here.

 

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