On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 02:07:10PM -0700, Muhammad Faisal Rauf Danka wrote:
> 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!!!

www.samba.org :)

> And i dont think nimda really replicates itself in linux system.

No, but with a linux file server and Windows clients, it's still the
same problem.

Tim

> What's exactly your point ?
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> --- 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
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