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« on: January 31, 2004, 11:45:34 PM »
Several more MyDoom and related articles that you might want to check out:
MyDoom Variant Blocks Fixes, Targets Microsoft
MyDoom.b, with a slightly larger payload than MyDoom.a, continued to cause confusion on Wednesday. The worm scrambled the HOST files of infected systems and targets Microsoft for a DOS attack.
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Another IE Spoofing Hole Found; Microsoft Reacts
Microsoft reacts to the latest Internet Explorer vulnerability that could let an attacker hide the file extension of a malicious file download.
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Opinion: MyDoom Lessons: Failures of Education, Antivirus Vendors
How could a worm as pathetic as MyDoom have spread so far and so fast? Perhaps it's the moment to examine the key failures behind MyDoom's success: the failure of user education on prevention and the poor response from antivirus vendors.
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Beating the New MyDoom (Windows) Variant
The second MyDoom virus goes after the Microsoft Web site and tries to block you from access Antivirus help. Still, the resulting hack to your Windows Hosts file can be undone.
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MyDoom Variant Blocks Fixes, Targets Microsoft
MyDoom.b, with a slightly larger payload than MyDoom.a, continued to cause confusion on Wednesday. The worm scrambled the HOST files of infected systems and targets Microsoft for a DOS attack.
Read the story
Another IE Spoofing Hole Found; Microsoft Reacts
Microsoft reacts to the latest Internet Explorer vulnerability that could let an attacker hide the file extension of a malicious file download.
Read the story
Opinion: MyDoom Lessons: Failures of Education, Antivirus Vendors
How could a worm as pathetic as MyDoom have spread so far and so fast? Perhaps it's the moment to examine the key failures behind MyDoom's success: the failure of user education on prevention and the poor response from antivirus vendors.
Read the story
Beating the New MyDoom (Windows) Variant
The second MyDoom virus goes after the Microsoft Web site and tries to block you from access Antivirus help. Still, the resulting hack to your Windows Hosts file can be undone.
Read the story