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Nimda Virus!!!

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is there any freeware anti-virus that will remove efficiently a Nimda Virus?

wer can i download it?

and anyone tell me the possible effect(s) of this virus?

thank you very much!!!

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by dmiles

Anti-virus companies are scrambling to get updates,norton and mcafee web sites
for downloads
Ref:www.antivirus.com
www.centralcommand.com
It effect is that it enters through security holes in IIS then overwrites several critical files and appends a script to HTML
It also attaches to emails once the read.exe is executed and the transmits to other computers
Ref:www.zdnet.com and also TechRepublic article on Sept. 20

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