I just got an e-mail with Subject: Central Command News for 09/14/2001 (Virus Update Notification) It had readme.exe attached to it. Obviously one should not open this. Time to create a new .procmail rule. On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 11:23:30AM -0500, Tim Winders wrote:
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I just received this update from Sophos. Perhaps this is the virus that is spreading?
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Description:
W32/Nimda-A is an email-aware virus that spreads using an attached filename of README.EXE.
Sophos researchers are continuing to examine the virus and will be posting a more detailed description of the virus on the Sophos website once the analysis is complete.
-- Jared Mauch | pgp key available via finger from jared@puck.nether.net clue++; | http://puck.nether.net/~jared/ My statements are only mine.