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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.
You're right -- I've updated the story now to reflect the right time. Sheesh, I tried to be helpful by providing a more universal time figure than the article, and screwed it up -- sorry :( Brain, meet keyboard.
Like you say, it's east of the US, making the real target time 5:00 GMT.
timothy
jrnl: http://tinyurl.com/c2l8yr / foes: http://tinyurl.com/ckjno5
actually, you're not. ++I++ was in the original post about nimdA. Sorry dude... I'll be takin' that kharma back now.
:)
-CB
Don't think that a small group of dedicated individuals can't change the world. It's the only thing that ever has.
These "exploits" are being distributed to discredit TCP/IP to allow M$ to switch 95% of the worlds computers to a proprietary networking protocol that M$ owns and controls in the interest of "safety".
"Its the protocol that is weak, allow us to fix it" M$ will say. And in the eyes of the public they will save the day.
When ever you see a M$ exploit in the news that just says computer virus call the paper or write a letter and set the record straight. Lets put the FUD on our side.
GNU or get out.