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New Nimda.E variant spreading

Greetings from The VACM Team,

In this issue:
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- New Nimda.E variant spreading
    ...not spreading as fast, but it is more destructive

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* The Bottom Line
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The author of the Nimda virus has recompiled the virus, changed
the names of the attachments (now 'SAMPLE.EXE' and 'SAMPLE.EML').

Nimda.E spreads via email and infected web pages like its predecessor.

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* What You Should Do...
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Two things you need to do- upgrade your version of Internet
Explorer (IE), and (depending on your IE version) install the
Nimda patch.  Or, you may be able to just apply the Nimda patch
to your version of IE (see below).

You should be running one of these IE versions:

  IE 5.01 SP2  (5.01 may show up as 5.00.3315.1000 or some such)
  IE 5.5 SP2
  IE 6.0

1. WHAT VERSION OF IE DO I HAVE?
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To see what version of IE (Internet Explorer) you have, start IE,
click on 'Help', then 'About Internet Explorer'.  You will then see
a window showing which version (top of list) and which updates
have been applied to your IE version (bottom of list).

2. HOW DO I UPGRADE MY VERSION OF IE?
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We recommend you stick with 5.01 SP2 due to some issues in 5.5, but if
you already have 5.5, just go ahead and install SP2 for IE5.5...

You can get your IE 5.x Upgrades here:

 http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/archive/default.asp

3. HOW DO I INSTALL THE NIMDA PATCH?
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Once you have upgraded to SP2 for your version of IE, apply the security
patch to protect you from Nimda and several other vulnerabilities.  
The URL's are listed below.  Make SURE you know which version of IE you have
after the upgrade from step 2.  Once you are sure of the version, proceed
with the installation of the Nimda patch:

***If you have IE 5.01 SP2, get your patch here:

 http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/q295106/default.asp

***If you have IE 5.5 SP1, get your patch here:

 http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/q299618/default.asp

***If you have IE 5.5 SP2, you're all set.

***If you have IE 6, you're all set.

Best Regards,
Marc Deschenes, VACM Editor
The VACM Project at
Automated PC Solutions

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