RE: New "concept" virus/worm?

From: Tom Smit (TSmitat_private)
Date: Tue Sep 18 2001 - 15:27:53 PDT

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    Actually, it's not a removal tool.  That's just a program to update your DAT
    files if you have McAfee virus scanner.
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Tina Bird [mailto:tbird@precision-guesswork.com] 
    Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 3:51 PM
    To: Christian Hampson
    Cc: incidentsat_private; focus-virusat_private
    Subject: RE: New "concept" virus/worm?
    
    
    McAfee/NAI has a removal tool:
    
    http://download.nai.com/products/mcafee-avert/nimda2.exe
    
    On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Christian Hampson wrote:
    
    > Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 11:29:09 -0700
    > From: Christian Hampson <champsonat_private>
    > To: incidentsat_private, focus-virusat_private
    > Subject: RE: New "concept" virus/worm?
    > 
    > Please forgive the cross-post.
    > 
    > I am at a client site.  Win2k without SP2 is infected.  NT4 without 
    > IIS or an email client installed has not been affected.  Fortunately, 
    > that is the server containing payroll.
    > 
    > If anyone has developed or heard of a removal tool, I would love to 
    > hear about it.
    > 
    > So far, I have seen McAfee, Sophos, and F-Secure post definitions for 
    > this virus.
    > 
    > Christian Hampson
    > champsonat_private
    > 
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Dave Salovesh [mailto:saloveshat_private]
    > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 10:21
    > To: 'Brett Glass'; Jay D. Dyson; Incidents List
    > Cc: Vuln Dev
    > Subject: RE: New "concept" virus/worm?
    > 
    > 
    > It infects 98 (I've got it on the one 98 workstation we run) and may 
    > have been involved in infecting two of NT4 servers.
    > 
    > I also have two UNinfected NT4 servers that are patched to about the 
    > same level as the infected ones - not quite completely patched, but I 
    > think I've selected all the appropriate ones for the role each server 
    > plays.
    > 
    > My W2K server is patched up to the minute and didn't get infected.  So 
    > far...
    > 
    > 
    
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