[etni] Re: Tricky 'MyDoom' e-mail worm spreading quickly

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I got no fewer than 4 of these today (one of them supposedly from David
Lloyd).  And the scary thing is that when I scanned the attachment with my
antivirus program (with dat files that were last updated on Friday), it
didn't find a virus.  I'm off to see if there are even newer dat files.

Bari

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>  Tricky 'MyDoom' e-mail worm spreading quickly
> CNN - January 26,
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> (CNN) -- Hackers unleashed an agile worm Monday -- using a
> sneaky, fairly new tactic to get unsuspecting computer users to
> diffuse their malicious code.
>
> Dubbed "W32/MyDoom" or "Novarg," the worm circulated so fast
> anti-virus firms quickly raised threat warnings to "high" saying
> the bug was one of the worst in recent months.
>
> The worm is contained in e-mails with random senders' addresses
> and subject lines. While the body of the e-mail varies, it
> usually includes what appears to be an error message, such as:
> "The message cannot be represented in 7-bit ASCII encoding and
> has been sent as a binary attachment."
>
> While many computer users are savvy about not opening executable
> files or other attachments that may contain viruses, the latest
> worm masks itself as an innocuous text document or a file that
> your computer appears unable to read.
>
> "This one is almost begging you to click on the attachment," said
> Sharon Ruckman, the head of anti-virus firm Symantec's security
> response team.
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