Guest guest Posted September 19, 2001 Report Share Posted September 19, 2001 , I sounds like your computer guy is a gem. Below is some info on the Nimba virus. NOTICE THAT.....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. UPDATE your Virus software EveryDay Folks !! McAfee.com has seen a large and growing number of systems infected with the W32/NimdaMM (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. Dianne 163/148.5/140 " The weakest among us can become some kind of an athlete, but only the strongest can survive as spectators. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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