Abstract

Just days after the September 11 terrorist attacks, the Nimda virus attacked Microsoft networks worldwide. “Nimda corrupted files. It added itself to Internet Information Server (IIS) Web pages, infecting PCs through vulnerable Internet Explorer browsers. Wherever it wormed in, Nimda scanned IP addresses for more victims, raising concerns about denial- of-service attacks and slowing Internet performance.”1 Nimda infected more than 2 million personal computers and servers throughout the world and consumed up to 10 percent of the Internet's capacity.2

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