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— W32/Nimda@xx —
McAfee.com has seen a large and growing number of systems infected with the
W32/Nimda@xxx This is a HIGH RISK virus that is spread via email.
W32/Nimda@xx also spreads via open shares, the Microsoft Web Folder
Transversal vulnerability (also used by W32/CodeBlue), and a Microsoft
content-type spoofing vulnerability.
The email attachment name VARIES and may use the icon for an Internet
Explorer HTML document.
It will also attempt to spread itself as follows:
The email messages created by the worm include content that allows the worm
to execute the attachment even if the user does not open it.
It modifies HTML documents, so that when this infected window is accessed
(locally or remotely), the machine viewing the page is then infected.
Once infected, your system is used to seek out others to infect over the
Web.
AVERT is currently analyzing this threat and will post more details online
shortly.
Click Here for detection and removal instructions for W32/Nimda@xx virus.
McAfee.com VirusScan Online and Clinic subscribers:
If you don't have ActiveShield installed and updated, you are not protected
from this virus. Click Here to download ActiveShield.
Retail VirusScan Users:
Version 4.0.70 and above with DAT file 4157 will detect and remove this
worm. To download the latest DAT files, Click Here.
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