VANAGON archives -- September 2001, week 4 (#86)

Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 11:50:41 -1000 Reply-To: Mick Kalber <hotlava@INTERPAC.NET> Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> From: Mick Kalber <hotlava@INTERPAC.NET> Subject: Re: Vern Holm Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

I've gotten several > e-mails from him, one of which contained the Nimda virus (I'm pretty sure). > Someone needs t tell him that he's infected.

he knows... I got a message from him and he disavowed any knowledge of sending it to me... said he apparently had a virus that he was not aware of and apologized. as you know it is not his fault... the virus replicates itself and sends it's own messages to the list of the infected.

mick hilo, hawaii

Use this***

CNET | CatchUp.com Dispatch Protect Against Nimda Virus September 21, 2001 Special Alert _________________________________________________________________

Protect Your System from Nimda Virus Infection

A new worm virus, W32.Nimda.A@mm, also known as Nimda, is spreading rapidly via e-mail. It infects PCs running Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and 5.5, and servers running Microsoft IIS 4.0 and 5.0. Opening an e-mail with a hidden attachment can cause infection, and has the potential to cause problems with files stored on the hard drive. Infected systems can open additional security holes, slow down networks, and cause bandwidth problems as the virus tries to spread itself.

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For clients: Internet Explorer 5.5 Certificate Spoofing Vulnerability Internet Explorer 5 Certificate Spoofing Vulnerability

Read Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-027: ***http://two.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin2/flo?y=eCA102qsc0Eq0eXH0A7

For servers: IIS5 Web Server File Request Parsing Vulnerability IIS4 File Permission Canonicalization Vulnerability

Read Microsoft Security Bulletin MS00-057: http://two.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin2/flo?y=eCA102qsc0Eq0eXI0A8

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Disinfect your System from Nimda

If you think your system may already be infected by the Nimda virus, download the Norton Nimda Removal Tool, which will scan your system for the virus. Also, make sure to update your virus definitions so that your current antivirus software can detect and protect against Nimda.

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