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

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CNET | CatchUp.com Dispatch
Protect Against Nimda Virus
September 21, 2001
Special Alert
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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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CatchUp Security Fixes can determine if you're vulnerable to
Nimda. If the following vulnerabilities are detected by CatchUp,
you may be susceptible to infection:

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

Read Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-027:
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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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