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Serious Worm Returns

Nimda may attack again

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Nimda May Return This Evening

by Dave Murphy
ISSN 1535-3613

Computer virus researchers are on the lookout for a new outbreak of the Nimda worm set to propagate through email systems 10 days after the first go around.

A reactivated Nimda worm would spread the same way it did 10 days ago. The worm, also known as "readme.exe," propagates by sending infected file attachments via email and through infected webpages. The attachment is usually named "readme.exe."

The worm will copy itself to computers on the same network and compromises webpages stored on webservers running Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS) software. Webpages maintained on an infected server can spread the worm to any visitor who requests an infected page. The worm attacks PCs and servers running Microsoft Windows 95, 98, Me, and 2000 operating systems.

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