MyDoom E-Mail Worm Spreading Quickly

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A fast-moving Windows worm known as MyDoom began spreading at a furious rate on the Internet on Monday. Two other worms, Mimail.Q and Dumaru.Y also gained traction on the Web over the last couple of days.

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A powerful mail virus appeared virtually overnight and has blacked out mail systems around the world. Learn what MyDoom is and how to prevent and beat it. Hint: Don't open e-mail attachments!

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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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