GameSpy Arcade installer contains Nimda Worm
Posted by Marcel Klum on 27 June 2002 - 08:25 · 3 comments & 67 views
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#1 Posted by Electronic Punk on 27 Jun 2002 - 12:54
- This infected me, last place I would have expected to get it
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#1.1 Posted by IntelliMoo on 28 Jun 2002 - 03:48
- Well, just goes to show ya, be it a mega-employee company like MS (recent virus in .net help files fiasco), or a one-or-few-person operation like GameSpy (infected installer - tsk tsk!), it only takes a single idiot to let their system get infected and pass it on to the ever-trusting public. Damn shame.
Thanks for alerting us to the possible presence of a virus in the GameSpy Arcade Installer. We verified that the GameSpy Arcade Installer did indeed contain the W32.Nimda.E@mm virus shortly after receiving your e-mail. The infected file was immediately replaced with a virus-free version of the installer.
Your computer may be at risk of infection. Fortunately, the virus maybe easily removed by using this free tool from Symantec.
We thank you for your help in alerting us to this problem and hope that you enjoy using GameSpy Arcade.
Karen "Cobby" Cobb
Customer Service Manager
GameSpy Industries
karen@gamespy.com
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