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Nimda To Strike Again

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the and-again-and-again dept.

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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  1. Thats it ... time to go by JohnHegarty · · Score: -1, Troll

    Thats it ... time to go .... If anyone is still using IIS can they please leave the building. http://www.redhat.com http://www.apache.org

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    Cruise TT
    1. Re:Thats it ... time to go by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Yo Microsoftie.... chill out. Yer stuff is crap... how much more evidence do ya need?

  2. timmy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ... wants little boys bent over in a stockade. cheeks spread wide, screaming for mercy.

  3. Re:9PM GMT == 1AM EST??? (sorry) by timothy · · Score: 0, Troll

    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

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  4. Re:I am so sick of this by ShoeHead · · Score: -1, Troll

    Solution: install Norton Antivirus Autoprotect (free). It scans both incoming and outgoing messages for viruses, and Outlook 6 goes into a panic attack whenever you get a possible virus anyways.

    Win2k was decent, now get off your high horse. XP rocks, now stop beating it.

  5. Re:i am the first to discover by bergeron76 · · Score: 0, Troll

    actually, you're not. ++I++ was in the original post about nimdA. Sorry dude... I'll be takin' that kharma back now.

    :)

    -CB

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  6. M$ is the author. by webweave · · Score: 0, Troll

    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.

  7. Re:Not Me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You fucking moron, how the hell is a properly-configured firewall going to save a goddamned webserver when the entire point of the webserver is to send and receive traffice on port 80, which Nimda uses?

    Idiot.