[windows2000] Re: New Version Of MyDoom Virus Detected
- From: "Berger, Gunnar" <GBerger@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 14:55:11 -0500
I think I need to create a virus that says.
There is a new virus call such and such on the internet. This is bollowed by
lots of detailed data that no one understands, inside this email will be my
little virus that everyone will forward on to everyone else because it is a
virus warning. Eventually I will rule every computer in the entire world and I
will hold them ransom asking for one free lunch a year from my employers, and a
fair Health Care package. Who's with me?
Failed to program the VB Calculator in Programming 101,
Gunnar
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Kenzig http://thethin.net [mailto:jimkenz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 2:13 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] New Version Of MyDoom Virus Detected
New Version Of MyDoom Virus Detected
http://www.newsnet5.com/technology/2799920/detail.html
POSTED: 1:24 p.m. EST January 28, 2004
UPDATED: 1:53 p.m. EST January 28, 2004
An online security firm said Wednesday that a new version of an Internet
worm that appeared this week -- MyDoom.b -- could launch a second, larger
wave of attacks with a new target.
Kaspersky Labs said the variant could be more dangerous because it uses
computers that are already affected.
The Russian firm also said that along with targeting the SCO Group, MyDoom.b
tries to overload the web servers of Microsoft.com.
The FBI is trying to find out who released the virus and SCO offered a
reward to assist the search.
"We haven't done a full assessment, but it is serious enough to warrant the
FBI to look into this," FBI spokesman Paul Bresson said.
One of the activities the original worm tried to engage in was launching a
"denial of service" attack against the SCO Group, a company that has been
under fire for lawsuits it has filed regarding the Linux operating system,
angering some programmers and open-source advocates.
Fastest Spreading
Earlier, one online security firm said that the e-mail worm, also known as
Norvag, is the largest computer virus in history.
MX Logic said that one in nine e-mails sent earlier this week contained the
threat, and that it was the fastest-spreading virus in history, outpacing
the infamous SoBig outbreak in its first few hours.
The firm also said that the spread of the worm seems to have hit its peak.
The infection spreads like some previous attacks, asking users who get an
e-mail from a seemingly reliable source to open an attachment. It also may
try to capture what is typed on an infected computer, possibly to get
passwords or other sensitive information.
It usually shows up as a spoofed e-mail error message that says the body of
a message can't be displayed, but that the content appears in an attachment.
The small file that comes with it, when launched on a computer running
Microsoft Windows, can send out 100 infected e-mails within 30 seconds to
addresses stored in your computer's address book
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