posted on September 18, 2001 12:05:32 PM new
From CNN:
"Anti-virus researchers were fighting a new Internet attacker Tuesday similar to the "Code Red" worm that infected hundreds of thousands of computers several months ago.
The worm, known as "W32.Nimda," had affected "thousands, possibly tens of thousands" of targets by midday Tuesday, according to Vincent Gullotto, head virus fighter at McAfee.com, a software company.
Even when the attack isn't successful, the worm's scanning process can slow down the Internet for many users and can have the effect of knocking Web sites or entire company networks offline. "
"Most home users, including those running Windows 95, 98 or ME, are not affected. "
posted on September 18, 2001 01:29:16 PM new
It's been taking me a very long time to load any page today. This was the message from my company's ISP:
Please be advised that we are currently experiencing a degradation in certain services due to a virus attack. To quote from a ZDNET article:
Known as "Nimda" or "readme.exe," the worm spreads by sending infected e-mails, copying itself to computers on the same network, and compromising Web servers using Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS) software.
posted on September 18, 2001 01:33:47 PM new
Great. My provider, AT&T Broadband, has been having myriad problems due to Code Red. Mail is screwed up...offline sporadically...and this has been going on for WEEKS. They'll probably get this new one, too.
posted on September 18, 2001 01:44:02 PM new
Is it just me, or does it seem like maybe these "server only" virus attacts are part and parcel with what has been going on? Virus writers normally go after trying to infect the most machines as possible. This seems to be aimed directly at slowing / shutting down the internet.
posted on September 18, 2001 02:10:36 PM new
CNN has said that this new virus seems to be spreading faster and causing more problems than the Code Red virus did.
I have noticed a slow down a few times today, but mostly my connection is behaving as usual.
posted on September 18, 2001 02:31:15 PM new
According to CNET it effects PC's email.
"A computer worm that spreads to both servers and PCs running Microsoft software flooded the Internet with data Tuesday, but the FBI said that, as of yet, it sees no link to last week's terrorist attack."
posted on September 18, 2001 03:59:30 PM new
McAfee now says it WILL infect win 9X machines. I just downloaded the dat file from McAfee. Check the below link, this one looks NASTY the way it's setup to spread.
"Known as ``Nimda,'' which spells admin backwards, the worm spreads by sending infected e-mails and also appears able to infect Web sites, so when a user visits a compromised Web site, the browser -- if it has not been patched -- can spread the worm to a PC, analysts said."
The McAfee site says system administrators and 'end users' should download the patch.... would I (home PC user) be considered an end user?
