RE: New Virus -NIMBDA

From: Andy Levy (andylevy@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Sep 19 2001 - 05:51:18 EDT


Doesn't help when people go to msnbc.com and get the virus pushed onto
their PC without them even knowing.

Bernd D. Ratsch wrote:

>
> We heard about it at work but were totally unaffected by it. (Just
> block/delete/filter the attachments at the mailserver
> level...noooooooooo problems.) They (your users) can't click on what
> doesn't get through. Hotmail/Yahoomail, etc. is a whole other story,
> but that's user education.
>
> - Bernd
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET] On Behalf Of Andy Levy
> Subject: Re: DML: New Virus -NIMBDA
>
> It's even more insidious than that. I just got home from work, we have
> been cleaning up from it since 3 PM and we will have people working
> through
> the night.
>
> It's friggin EVIL the way it spreads. Luckily it was contained to one
> room
> (gee, just our server room) and only hit 13 of about 100 servers. As
> soon
> as we found an infected box, its network line was yanked.
>
> Ronald Wong wrote:
>
>> Be careful of this virus! It's very, very powerful and has just begun
>
>> its attack today. One version, that attacks MS Outlook, will be able
>> to infect even without you opening it if your security certificate in
>> MS Outlook is set to medium or lower.
>>
>> Ron
>> 00 PB SLT QC 4X2 5.9 46RE 3.92 LSD
>> For modifications see my DML Profile (URL follows)
>> http://www.twistedbits.net/WWWProfile/dakota/Kw9pV1EkFeOYY
>>
>>
>

-- 
-andy
andylevy@yahoo.com
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http://home.twcny.rr.com/andylevy/dakota/
'99 CC 4x4 318 auto



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