There's a new version of the Nimda virus out this week, so make sure you 
have the latest virus definition updates for your antivirus software.  This 
one is not a hoax -- Nimda is a sophisticated virus that has already casued 
problems for at lest one HelpNet member.

The following is from the Nov. 1 edition of the NewsScan E-mail newsletter 
(www.newsscan.com).

Jon

>NEW VERSION OF THE NIMDA VIRUS
>A new version of the Nimda computer virus, Nimda.E, has been detected on
>computer networks this week; however, the federally funded computer security
>organization Computer Emergency Response Team says the CERT has not seen a
>significant surge in the virus since it was first identified. On Tuesday,
>Nimda.E disrupted access to the Internet by New York Times employees, but
>the newspaper's computer operations are now back to normal. (New York Times
>1 Nov 2001)
>http://partners.nytimes.com/2001/11/01/technology/01VIRU.html

Jonathan Falk
Pine Tree Folk School
RR 2, Box 7162
Carmel, ME  04419
(207)848-2433
<http://www.ptfolkschool.org>

         

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