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New worm is spreading over the Internet

To: "Mark Gendron" <mgendron@speakeasy.org>
Subject: New worm is spreading over the Internet
From: "Mark Gendron" <mgendron@speakeasy.org>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 12:02:26 -0700
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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