[Fwd: Special Alert: Protect Against Nimda Virus]

[George Robinson <GRComm...>]

Friends --

This is definitely NOT A HOAX. NIMDA is the real deal and it's a bad
mama-jamma. I pass this along because we all may need it.

George "Not in a panic. Yet, anyway." Robinson


CNET CatchUp wrote:
> 
> 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(dot)Nimda(dot)A (at) 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.
> 
> Run CatchUp Security Fixes now:
> http://two.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin2/flo?y=eCA10B3dzE0Eq0dHu0A6
> 
> 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:
> http://two.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin2/flo?y=eCA10B3dzE0Eq0eXH0Ad
> 
> 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=eCA10B3dzE0Eq0eXI0Ae
> 
> ________________________________________________________________
> 
> 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.
> 
> Download the Nimda Removal Tool:
> http://two.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin2/flo?y=eCA10B3dzE0Eq0eXJ0Af
> 
> Download virus definition updates:
> http://two.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin2/flo?y=eCA10B3dzE0Eq0eXK0Ag
> 
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-- 
"The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, 
begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing 
evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but
you 
cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you 
murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely 
increases hate...Returning violence for violence multiples violence, 
adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness 
cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out 
hate: Only love can do that."
                                --Martin Luther King, Jr.

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