I get your whole point, but what exactly do you mean by fileservers running under linux and windows mountable ? err ext is not really mountable by windows!!! And i dont think nimda really replicates itself in linux system. What's exactly your point ?
Regards, --------- Muhammad Faisal Rauf Danka Chief Technology Officer Gem Internet Services (Pvt) Ltd. web: www.gem.net.pk voice: 92-021-111-GEMNET "Great is the Art of beginning, but Greater is the Art of ending. " ------BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK---- Version: 3.1 GCS/CM/P/TW d- s: !a C++ B@ L$ S$ U+++ P+ L+++ E--- W+ N+ o+ K- w-- O- PS PE- Y- PGP+ t+ X R tv+ b++ DI+ D G e++ h! r+ y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ --- joe vano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Okay, here's the deal: > >My boss set up a win NT box with IIS running on it to do work for a customer. Now my >boss is an excellent programmer and knows his way around linux, but Windows eludes >him. Within 24 hours of the NT box's installation, Nimda.E is everywhere on the >network. We didn't have a good AV solution because its never been a problem before. > >We run linux file servers and Win2k Pro desktops (for the business guys). Of course, >Nimda.E doesn't bother the linux servers one iota, but it played havoc w/ the windows >boxes. We have the desktops cleared up by using Norton AV. > >Now to the real problem: > >The desktops are cleared and protected now, but the file server space keeps getting >chewed up by copies of the worm. Also, having an uncontained worm on the file >servers is no good for my sleeping habits. How the heck can I get Nimda off my >fileserver? > >I've tried to scan and clear the windows-mountable shares by running Norton AV 2001 >on my win2k desktop, but I can't seem to quarantine or delete any of the thousands of >infected files. I'm thinking I might try to rm -rf *.eml from the root directory, >but a nagging doubt is telling me that this might be a bad thing. A) It might delete >perfectly good files B) Only most of the infected files are .eml; some are infected >.exe > >If you're still reading by this point, I need some more advice if you are willing to >impart it: One of my other bosses has already given me the go-ahead to get quotes >for Norton Anti-virus Corporate 7.6. Now, this is all well and good. It will >PROBABLY keep this fiasco from happening again (along w/ no IIS on a public IP in the >office), but what if it does? Does anyone know if NAV corporate can handle file >servers running under linux that are Windows mountable? I'm going to call Symantec >about it, but they'll surely pump me full of sunshine and send me on my merry way. > >Thanks for your patience. I eagerly await your rely. > >Sincerely Yours, >A glorified desktop support tect pretending he's a sys admin > >_____________________________________________________________ >Fight the power! BlazeMail.com > >_____________________________________________________________ >Run a small business? Then you need professional email like [EMAIL PROTECTED] from >Everyone.net http://www.everyone.net?tag _____________________________________________________________ --------------------------- [ATTITUDEX.COM] http://www.attitudex.com/ --------------------------- _____________________________________________________________ Run a small business? Then you need professional email like [EMAIL PROTECTED] from Everyone.net http://www.everyone.net?tag
