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I just loaded the stuff from Microsoft. Looks fine.
Val
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Jurik" <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Omega List'" <Omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>; "'Realtraders'"
<realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "'SO_List'"
<systems-only@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 1:01 PM
Subject: Security alert -- NIMDA is very aggressive
> Techies Battle Nimda Worm
> -------------------------
>
> For a complete laundry list of all that NIMDA does,
> why it's running rampant, and how to avoid it, go to ...
>
>
http://cnnfntech.yellowbrix.com/pages/cnnfntech/Story.nsp?story_id=236
90769&ID=cnnfntech&scategory=Computers&
>
> (URL is all on one line)
>
> I was about to recommend going to
> www.windowsupdate.com for whatever patches your
> computer may need, but NIMDA seems to have drilled
> into popular web servers, including Microsoft's.
> Security analysts warn that once Nimda infects a
> Web server running Microsoft's Internet Information
> Server (IIS) software, the worm can spread to
> visitors who view pages at the site using unpatched
> versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser.
>
> For more information, go to ...
>
>
http://cnnfntech.yellowbrix.com/pages/cnnfntech/Story.nsp?story_id=236
90305&ID=cnnfntech&scategory=Computers&
>
> (URL is all on one line)
>
> So the big question is... how do you get patches
> without also getting the virus? Is the Windows
> Update web site safe to use? Anyone know?
>
> - mark jurik
>
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