Sort of makes me wonder if it modifies the host file on a windows machine?? Glen --- Mike <mikebike@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Virus ALLERT My Doom.b > > The new version contains minimal technical > innovations. > Mydoom.b also spreads via email and the KaZaA > file-sharing network. > The email contains a different set of text strings > in the body. > The carrier file is about 28 KB in size and contains > the text string: > (sync-1.01; andy; I'm just doing my job, nothing > personal, sorry) > > Mydoom.b is scheduled to launch a DoS attack between > > February 1 and February 12 2004 on two web sites: > www.sco.com and www.microsoft.com. > > Moreover, the worm modifies the operating system to > prevent users > from reaching many anti-virus vendors' sites, > security-related news > sites and various sections of the Microsoft site, as > well as downloading > data from banner networks. > > See also; > My page; > http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/MyDoom-B%20worm.html > > Computer Associates; > http://www3.ca.com/virusinfo/virus.aspx?ID=38114 > Kaspersky: > http://www.viruslist.com/eng/viruslist.html?id=850737 > Sophos: > http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32mydoomb.html > Symantec: > http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.novarg.b@xxxxxxx > US CERT Technical Alert TA04-028A; > http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-028A.html > > > > Mike ~ It is a good day if I learned something new. > Editor MikesWhatsNews see a sample on my web page > http://www3.telus.net/mikebike > <http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/mikes_virus_page.htm> > A Technical Support Alliance & OWTA Charter Member > > > > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > For more info: > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk
