Nimda worm (Re: [Gllug] Code Blue)

Wed Sep 19 12:52:57 UTC 2001

Nimda, = Admin (backwards)

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Lee Blackwell
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On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, jim wrote:

>
> The "GET /scripts/..%%35c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0"  thing
> is not Code Blue after all, it's a new one variously known as Nimda, Code
> Rainbow and Concept Virus v.5 . Info on Bugtraq and Slashdot.
>
> What sort of a name is Nimda anyway? Acronym? "Not In My Data ... Apache"?
>
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