Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 13:33:34 -0400 Message-ID: <004101c498ee$a3b96090$e6e85043@vaio> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.3416 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Virus Writer Hides Job Ad in MyDoom Net Worm Fri 10 Sep, 2004 15:08:20 GMT =A0 By Bernhard Warner, European Internet Correspondent =A0 LONDON (Reuters) - Times must be getting tough for computer virus = writers. =A0 Technicians at British anti-virus firm Sophos Plc said on Friday they = had discovered a plea for work inserted deep in the lines of code for = two new computer worm outbreaks, "MyDoom-U" and "MyDoom-V." =A0 "We searching 4 work in AV (anti-virus) industry," read the message. = Because it was inserted in the code, the message was only visible to = anti-virus professionals. =A0 While the calling card may have won the programmer points for = creativity, the anti-virus community was not impressed. =A0 "It's hard to tell if the creators of these new versions of the MyDoom = worm are being serious, but there is no way that anybody in the = anti-virus industry would touch them with a barge pole," said Graham = Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos. =A0 The latest MyDoom infections pack some power. =A0 Spread via e-mail, MyDoom-U and MyDoom-V contain a file attachment that, = when downloaded, infects a computer with a malicious "back door" that = blocks access to most anti-virus Web sites and turns the computer into a = spamming machine, sending out junk e-mails. =A0 Sophos reported the latest MyDoom variants are not spreading rapidly -- = a bad sign for the would-be job seekers. =A0 "It's not surprising," Cluley said. "Many times virus writers are just = poor programmers." =A0 =A0 Home |=A0Top News |=A0Business |=A0Sports |=A0Entertainment |=A0Internet Copyright =A9 2004 Reuters Limited To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pcductape-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface. To view the message archives simply go to: http://www.freelists.org/archives/pcductape/ Take a look at our homepage at http://sanneumann.home.comcast.net/