Nimda was so effective partially because it-unlike other infamous malware like the Morris worm or Code Red-uses five different infection vectors: Email Open network shares Browsing of compromised web sites exploitation of various Internet Information Services (IIS) 4.0/ 5.0 directory traversal vulnerabilities.
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