Apparently, this is a really brutal worm. You may have noticed that Internet
access is _very_ slow today. This is why.
Make sure "active scripting" is disabled on your Web browser. Your tech
support folks should be able to help.
-Mark
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,46944,00.html
Scary Hybrid Internet Worm Loose
By Michelle Delio
9:00 a.m. Sep. 18, 2001 PDT
A new e-mail worm that appears to be a retooled combination of several
other successful worms -- and which an Internet security firm says was first
released almost to the exact minute of the one-week anniversary of the World
Trade Center attacks -- is spreading rapidly across the Internet.
This worm, named W32/Nimda.A-mm, is dangerously different than virtually all
e-mail borne viruses: It can infect a computer when a user simply clicks on
the subject line in an attempt to open the innocent-looking e-mail, or
visits a Web page housed on an infected server.
The e-mails arrive from addresses both known and unknown to the recipient.
No action beyond opening the e-mail is required; therefore, the virus is
spreading rapidly.
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