Re: New "concept" virus/worm?

From: Brett Glass (brett@lariat.org)
Date: 09/18/01 

Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20010918105427.046e7330@localhost>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 10:57:36 -0600
To: "Jay D. Dyson" <jdyson@treachery.net>, Incidents List <incidents@securityfocus.com>
From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Subject: Re: New "concept" virus/worm?

At 10:21 AM 9/18/2001, Jay D. Dyson wrote:

> It's a two-prong worm. It appears to be primarily disseminated
>via e-mail, and then launches its attacks on web hosts upon successful
>infection.

Newsbytes is calling this worm "Code Rainbow," while some of the antivirus
firms seem to be calling it "W32.Nimda.A@mm".

Can the e-mail infect anything other than Windows NT/2000? Will it infect
a system that's running Windows NT/2000 but not IIS? If a Windows 95/98/ME
user opens it, will his or her system begin to spread the worm as well?

--Brett Glass

Relevant Pages

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