Mac OS X – Nimda spreads via Mac OS X Samba Service

Stuffing Mac OS and Mac OS X with Nimda Worm

Nimda fills the Macintosh with .eml files if File Sharing is enabled.
Includes Samba.

WW32/Nimda@mm
PE_NIMDA.A
I-Worm.Nimda
W32/Nimda-A
Win32.Nimda.A

W32.Nimda.A@mm, simply known as Nimda is a mass-mailing worm/virus that spread itself via multiple methods. Nimda will send itself out by email and will search for network shares that are open and try to copy itself to vulnerable/unpatched Microsoft IIS web servers and other network connections (Samba/File Sharing).

Nimda is a Windows worm/virus. However, if your Macintosh is connected to the internet or network with File Sharing methods enabled you …