Guest guest Posted September 19, 2001 Report Share Posted September 19, 2001 A new virus/worm alert has been issued by CERT www.cert.org (Computer Emergency Response Team). This is spreading rapidly and is now considered very high risk. IMPORTANT: You can become infected by visiting an infected website or simply collecting your mail. This virus/worm can operate and install itself without your knowledge, EVEN IF YOU DON'T OPEN ANY ATTACHMENTS. All virus companies have released updated definitions. I suggest that everyone immediately install these definitions before you visit any web sites or open any mail. Details are as follows Symantec Security Response has received a number of submissions on W32.Nimda.A.@mm and is rating it as a Category 4. (five being most dangerous/infectious) The worm, called Nimda (admin spelled backwards), can spread via e-mail attachments, HTTP, or across shared hard disks inside networks The worm can infect all 32-bit Windows systems -- Windows 98, 2000, Millennium Edition, XP, NT -- because it scans systems for between 10 and 100 different vulnerabilities and exploits them when found, he said. When spread by e-mail, Nimda arrives in inboxes as an attachment called " Readme.exe " or sometimes Readme.eml. The Readme file, however, has a malformed header (the data at the beginning of a file that allows a system to identify its type) which makes the computer think it is a WAV, or sound, file, he said. However, Readme.exe is in fact a program and can be executed just from the preview panel when viewing it without it being opened, he said. ---------------------------------------------- Jay Bigam Marketing and Information Technology Manager Kinnikinnick Foods Inc. www.kinnikinnick.com Toll Free: 1- ---------------------------------------------- Jay Bigam Marketing and Information Technology Manager Kinnikinnick Foods Inc. www.kinnikinnick.com Toll Free: 1- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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