new worm out, please read! W32.Nimda.A@mm

[fizler]

made the front page of my local newspaper...if you haven't heard........ http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.nimda.a@mm.html

[eldiablo]

Originally posted by fizler
made the front page of my local newspaper...if you haven't heard........ http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.nimda.a@mm.html

yeah, and if you (not you, specifically) had applied the security patch that was realeased over a month ago, you would have nothing to worry about, except getting hammered by those who haven't. :mad:

[fizler]

good point, so people just forget to hit the magic update button

[eldiablo]

Originally posted by fizler
good point, so people just forget to hit the magic update button

you don't even have to do that. just install their little critical update notification program.

[wbierman]

As of today CodeRed II has all but disappeared form my logs and "nimda" has fallen off very quickly. Only a 10th of what it was a few days ago.