Nimda is a computer worm, isolated in September 2001. It is also a file infector. It quickly spread, eclipsing the economic damage caused by past outbreaks such as Code Red. A computer worm is a self-replicating computer program, similar to a computer virus. ... 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: September 4 - Google Inc. ... Code Red can refer to: The Code Red worm released July 13, 2001 The Code Red II worm released August 4, 2001 A British boy band called Code Red that formed in 1996 A 1980s television series called Code Red starring Lorne Greene A cherry-flavored soft drink by Mountain...
Nimda affected both user workstations (clients) running Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, or 2000 and servers running Windows NT and 2000. In computing, a client is a system that accesses a (remote) service on another computer by some kind of network. ... Windows 95 (codename Chicago) is a hybrid 16-bit/32-bit graphical user interface-based operating system released on August 24, 1995 by the Microsoft Corporation. ... Windows 98 (codename Memphis) is a graphical operating system released on June 25, 1998 by Microsoft. ... Windows Millennium Edition (originally codenamed Millennium), also known as Windows Me, is a 16/32-bit graphical operating system released on September 14, 2000 by Microsoft. ... Windows NT 4. ... Windows 2000 (also referred to as Win2K, W2K or Windows NT 5. ... In computing, a server is a software application that carries out some task (i. ...