Instructions for disinfecting W32/Nimda-A and W32/Nimda-D
Sophos researchers have developed a standalone utility, SWNIMDA which can detect and disinfect the W32/Nimda-A and W32/Nimda-D viruses. These are Windows 32 viruses which spread via email, network shares and websites. The W32/Nimda-A and W32/Nimda-D viruses can infect users of the Windows 95/98/Me operating systems as well as Windows NT and 2000.
| Download nimda.zip (Utility and instructions, Zip file) | |
| Download nimdasfx.exe (Utility and instructions, self-extracting Zip file) | |
| Read instructions for using the utility |
If you are using the Zip version of the file, unzip it using a tool such as WinZip or PKZIP.
See also:
- Advice from Microsoft on how to secure your PCs and servers against Nimda
- Sophos analysis of W32/Nimda-A
- Sophos analysis of W32/Nimda-D
