Several more MyDoom and related articles that you might want to check out:
MyDoom Variant Blocks Fixes, Targets MicrosoftMyDoom.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 storyAnother IE Spoofing Hole Found; Microsoft ReactsMicrosoft reacts to the latest Internet Explorer vulnerability that could let an attacker hide the file extension of a malicious file download.
Read the storyOpinion: MyDoom Lessons: Failures of Education, Antivirus VendorsHow 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 storyBeating the New MyDoom (Windows) VariantThe 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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