Nimda To Strike Again

Seabass55 writes: "Researchers say Nimda is set to propagate again after rechecking Nimda's code. God help all the MS boxes ... again." Looks like the owners of unpatched IIS machines have until 9 p.m. GMT (1 a.m. ET) to get ready. I'd like to see a nice double stockade for the writers of Sircam and Nimda, and maybe some fireants. Update: 09/27 22:45 GMT by T : Temporal confusion -- that's 5:00 GMT, sorry :) Update: 09/28 00:14 GMT by T : Carnage4Life contributes this link to a command-line tool from Microsoft to list patches already installed or still needed, if you think your Windows machine may be vulnerable.

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SysAdmins....wake up

[cOdEgUru]

Gosh! It would be interesting to see if any more servers turns up affected after so much of patching and screaming and thrashing. I would normally expect everyone of those Admins to patch their boxes by now, but at the same time, there would be some more, either ignorant or out on vacation, who is bound to get hit.

And when shit hits the fan, the management is sure to turn around and bite yelling "But we all knew about it..Why didnt you do it ?" .. Err..well..

Patch those boxes up..and do so in a routine manner. Sure its pathetic and time consuming. but its your data and your hardware..

i am the first to discover

[asphyxiaa]

that "nimda" is really "admin" backwards.

Microsoft Personal Security Advisor

[rizzo420]

Microsoft Personal Security Advisor

This is probably the best tool to tell you how secure your system is. The command-line tool is good on a small scale or for your own personal computer, but it only tells you what hotfixes you need. The Security Advisor tells you everything, and helps you completely (well, almost completely because nothing is truly secure) secure your system. Check it out. I love it.