Experts Warn of New Ferocious Mydoom Worm
 

HELSINKI, Finland -- A new, fast-spreading version of the Mydoom worm destroys files on computers worldwide as it increases attacks via e-mails, Finnish computer security experts warned Thursday.

The "Mydoom.F" worm, discovered on Feb. 20, has so far infected about 5 percent of all Internet e-mail traffic, said Mikko Hypponen, director of research at a leading antivirus company F-Secure.

"It remained quiet over the weekend and then started to spread fast early this week as e-mail messaging speeded up after the normal weekend lull," Hypponen said. "It's very worrying because it destroys files and important documents, whereas the earlier Mydoom worms used computers simply as vehicles."

Two previous versions of the virus, Mydoom.A and Mydoom.B, were programmed to strike Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating systems and to launch a worldwide attack on the Web site of SCO, one of the largest UNIX vendors in the world.

Mydoom.A is still the most active virus on the Internet, infecting some 7 percent of all e-mails, Hypponen said. Launched on Jan. 26, it hit more than half of all e-mails worldwide at its peak.

sounds like people are having fun modifying it..

You would think by now that most people would have a copy of some "anti virus" software, or they would learn not to open iffy e-mails.

Oh well there is still business out there for "anti virus" software, I always thought it was the anti virus companies that paid these dudes to write the viruses. MOO


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A couple of weeks ago I tried to tell everyone that I thought mydoom had wiped out 3 of my computers....everyone laughed lol

I think it has been around and wiping systems longer than they think :2 cents:

I'm getting hundreds of e-mails with virus (well, just the messages... almost all my accounts have server based anti-virus). It sucks.

I have come to the conclusion that the best way to make money on the net is selling anti virus software, and who is to say if the software companies themselves don't "help" biz along a little now and then.

eh?

just think about it, its an never ending circle.

If you have a PC set up an account with spamcop.net if you have a Mac no problem .