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nimda still alive - no timer?
From: Thomas Roessler <roessler () does-not-exist org>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 02:29:31 +0200
I'm still seeing active Nimda probes within 195/8, so there doesn't seem to be a timer which stops the worm from spreading actively.
Concerning the earlier suspicion that the worm must have been spreading according to a different algorithm during early stages: Please remember that it's indeed using e-mail, and web browsing as secondary channels, which can be expeted to be quite efficient at crossing /8 prefix boundaries.
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