Handling Nimda Tips for Dealing with Nimda D. E. Levine
Here are five useful tips for protecting your system(s) against the Nimda Worm and eliminating it in the event you do get the infection.
Tip 1. Become an Educated User
As quickly as the Nimda Worm appeared, information regarding and help for eradicating it from systems has appeared.. A detailed look at the worm is found in CERT Advisory CA-2001-26, from the Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center at Carnegie Mellon University.
Tip 2. Get and Use Anti-virus Software
Individual users and corporations both need anti-virus software. There are a number of well-known products including Norton, McAfee, Trend Micro, F-PROT, Panda and Sophos. Once you have anti-virus software installed, scan your system, files and downloads regularly in order to catch and eliminate viruses and worms.
Tip 3. Update Anti-virus Software
Buying and installing anti-virus software isn't enough. Because there is continual discovery of new viruses and worms, it's important to subscribe to the updates for your anti-virus software. Updates will add anti-virus detection code when new viruses are found.
Major manufacturers of anti-virus software have already developed patches and updates that can be used to eliminate Nimda from your system. These include Norton, McAfee , Trend Micro, F-PROT , Panda, and Sophos.
Tip 4. Delete Suspicious Messages
If you receive e-mail that meet the criteria described earlier in this article, consider it possibly infected and delete it immediately. If you receive mail with attachments, always scan the mail and attachments for viruses before opening it and fix or delete it if it proves to be infected. If you receive e-mail from an unknown party with an attachment, you may want to delete it without opening it.
Tip 5. Download Microsoft Patches
There are a number of patches that are available from Microsoft Check for the patch or patches you need for your system(s) and download them. Patches available include those for IE 5.01, IE 5.5, IIS, Outlook 98 Security, and Outlook 2000 Security
