Look here:

 
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/
topics/nimda.asp

IE 5.01 SP2, IE 5.5 SP2, and IE 6.0 are OK.  Other versions are not.

Phil

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Phil Randal
Network Engineer
Herefordshire Council
Hereford, UK 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Busby, Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 20 September 2001 12:16
> To: Exchange Discussions
> Subject: RE: New Virus / Worm ??
> 
> 
> >Affected emails have an attached file called README.EXE. The 
> virus attempts
> >to exploit a MIME Vulnerability in some versions of 
> Microsoft Outlook,
> >Microsoft Outlook Express, and Internet Explorer to allow 
> the executable
> >file to run automatically without the user double-clicking on the
> >attachment.
> 
> "Some versions of Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express and 
> Internet Explorer."
> Isn't that a little vague? Anybody got any more precise 
> information about
> which versions of Outlook, OE and IE are affected? Is this virus
> self-running (like Bubbleboy running out of the preview pane) 
> or do you need
> to run readme.exe to actually activate it?
> 
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