[313] NIMDA Virus

2001-09-20 Thread Mleczko, Keith
I'll skip saying this is off topic but I just spent a long day on this problem and needed to share. This virus is pretty nasty since one way it infects your pc is thru compromised websites. I would recommend going to http://housecall.antivirus.com/housecall/start_corp.asp and scanning your

Re: [313] NIMDA Virus

2001-09-20 Thread Dennis Donohue
Very nasty indeed. Not only through compromised websites, but through email (with attachment of readme.exe - that doesn't een have to be opened!) and through the unicode hole that allowed the code red worm through. Cheers. D I'll skip saying this is off topic but I just spent a long day

RE: [313] NIMDA Virus

2001-09-20 Thread Dan Kurzius
If you are using outlook as your mail client and are sent the virus with your the preview pane on, you will fire off the exe. Turning the pane on and off can be done under the 'View' menu for those not familiar with where it lives. Then if you get an unknown email you can just delete. Be