Alert on Nimda Hybrid Virus
A new hybrid of computer viruses, ¡®Nimda,¡¯ has hit Korea. According to Ahnlab, Inc., the network security firm spotted Nimda Friday evening and put forward a vaccine program against the virus. Ahnlab said e-mails contaminated by the virus carry attachments that say ¡®readme.exe¡¯ or ¡®readme.eml.¡¯ The firm recommended downloading the vaccine program from its home page (www.ahnlab.com).
(Park Nae-sun, nsun@chosun.com)