Thanks for your input.
BTW - Remember Nimda?
Virus, Worm
Released on September 18, 2001
W32.Nimda.A@mm Discovered on: September 18, 2001
Also Known As:
W32/Nimda@mm, PE_NIMDA.A, I-Worm.Nimda, W32/Nimda-A, Win32.Nimda.A
W32.Nimda.A@mm is a mass-mailing worm that uses multiple methods to spread itself. The name of the virus came from the reversed spelling of "admin."
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NMDA receptor
The NMDA receptor is a receptor for the neurotransmitter glutamate, which is the most important excitatory transmitter in the brain. It is not only a receptor, but also a channel (it is thus a ligand-gated ionic channel). N-methyl-D-aspartate is the famous agonist of the NMDA receptor, the latter being named after it. It is a very complex and fascinating ligand-gated channel that seems to be involved in the toxic effects of excessive glutamate, and in many other processes like synaptic plasticity and target recognition.
Yes, I remember Nimda. I don't know whether it was connected with the anthrax mailings or not.
But the name "Nimda" is of no import. It was picked by the anti-virus people, not by the writer of the worm. In fact, in one of the later Nimda releases, the author of the worm objects to his work being called Nimda; he apparently named it Concept Virus, or CV. (As I recall, there was an earlier virus that had been called Concept Virus, which is why a new name was assigned to this one.)