Chris Posted February 1, 2004 Report Share Posted February 1, 2004 What You Should Know About the Mydoom Worm Variants: Mydoom.A and Mydoom.BWhy We Are Issuing This alertThe Mydoom.A and Mydoom.B worm variants are currently spreading rapidly through e-mail messages. They attempt to entice e-mail recipients into opening a file attachment, most commonly those with a .zip file name extension. If the attached file is opened, the worm installs malicious code on the computer user's system and sends copies of itself to all contacts in the user's address book. Both versions of the worm leave a file on the infected machine that can potentially allow a malicious individual to access that machine. Mydoom.B also reportedly blocks access to some websites, including Microsoft.com and some antivirus vendors' websites.We will update this page as soon as more information becomes available.More | HereIncludes a simple test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 It's getting worse, thinks for the posting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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