A new version of the MyDoom worm has appeared (MyDoom.m/MyDoom.o). This worm has quickly flooded mailboxes, and has slowed down several search engines. Such as Yahoo, AltaVista, Lycos, and even Google. McAfee has labeled this worm a medium security due to how fast it's spreading.
A pesky new variant of the MyDoom worm slammed four popular search engines Monday and continued to clog e-mail accounts around the world.
The new version, variously dubbed MyDoom.m or MyDoom.o, was first detected early Monday morning and quickly went on a tear, flooding many mailboxes with hundreds of messages. It has also slowed Google, Yahoo, AltaVista and Lycos to a crawl because once it infects a PC, the virus automatically performs Web searches on those search engines.
E-mail screening company Message Labs said it had intercepted more than 23,000 copies of the variants in the first five hours of their existence. McAfee Avert, the virus-tracking squad at the antivirus-software maker, rated the worm a "medium on watch," or right below a high risk vulnerability. Tens of thousands of PCs have been infected by the worm, which was first detected just before 6 a.m. PDT. The biggest impact, however, has been on the search engines.
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A pesky new variant of the MyDoom worm slammed four popular search engines Monday and continued to clog e-mail accounts around the world.
The new version, variously dubbed MyDoom.m or MyDoom.o, was first detected early Monday morning and quickly went on a tear, flooding many mailboxes with hundreds of messages. It has also slowed Google, Yahoo, AltaVista and Lycos to a crawl because once it infects a PC, the virus automatically performs Web searches on those search engines.
E-mail screening company Message Labs said it had intercepted more than 23,000 copies of the variants in the first five hours of their existence. McAfee Avert, the virus-tracking squad at the antivirus-software maker, rated the worm a "medium on watch," or right below a high risk vulnerability. Tens of thousands of PCs have been infected by the worm, which was first detected just before 6 a.m. PDT. The biggest impact, however, has been on the search engines.
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Previously, music purchased through RealNetworks' music download services could most easily be played on devices that supported its copyright protection technology. By the same token, the easiest way to get digital music onto the iPod player was through Apple's iTunes Music Store, which uses its own system. The same held true for devices that supported Microsoft's Windows Media Player anti-piracy technology.
Microsoft said it could not immediately comment on the system.
AVAST! just updated itself minutes ago :p
Google is back for me now, hope it's back for you guys.
Linux would get viruses if they had a market share - and no, I'm not an "ignorant ****" who thinks "open source is inherently less secure". We've had these debates. Anyone with a brain can tell you that currently nobody cares to write a virus for a small percentage of users, it doesn't do the same damage
A: Yes.
Q: Are there less exploits published for linux than windows?
A: Yes.
End of story. I don't need reasons.
Any hacker knows he can break *nix just as easily as Window if he wants to.
Its not the end of the story.
I dont see why you dont need reasons to support such a ****ty post like that. Didnt hit home for me.
THE HOLE/VULNERABILITY IS THE USER, NOT THE OPERATING SYSTEM.
there are way more linux exploits for Linux found check out that linux security website.
STV
(By that I mean it's best to work on the *assumption* that user skills will never change, whether they do or not we have a responisibility as scientists (we are though!) to make our technologies as safe as possible)
The 'hole' in this case is the lack of authentication by the SMTP protocol.
Colonel_Angus, you're an elitist idiot in my opinion, people like you really do give the IT community a bad name.
Last edited by 1061 on 27 Jul 2004 - 11:14
A: Yes.
Q: Are there less exploits published for linux than windows?
A: Yes.
End of story. I don't need reasons.
Correction. There is an equal amount of exploits published for Linux and Windows according to studies and there will be more published if the user base increases.
All I need is 30 seconds or less.
My work got hit by the virus and the entire network is slow because of it.
if you are not gonna talk about it then why did u mention that ?
We know, we know, it was your cousin, who is the Brother of the the Sister of the Wife's Husband's Mother's dog, right? You and a million others...
The search engines never had it in the first place. The latest version of MyDoom just spams search engines with random searches. If a virus spreads by email then it needs to send itself to an email account. Yes, search engines have hundreds of them..
"This worm has quickly flooded mailboxes"
Water floods, worms infect, I believe.
"slowed down several search engines. Such as Yahoo, AltaVista, Lycos, and even Google."
Even Google? Ah, were they hidden in an inpenetrable cave then, whilst the others were foolish enough to operate from offices?
"MyDoom worm slammed four popular search engines"
This one slams and floods huh? My, that is powerful...
"continued to clog e-mail accounts around the world."
As opposed to just those in the small UK town of Dorset then?
"The new version, variously dubbed MyDoom.m or MyDoom.o"
That's quite a variety then -- two.
"and quickly went on a tear, flooding many mailboxes"
Whoohoo, Now we're cooking, a tear and a flood! Hold on to your hats...
"virus automatically performs Web searches on those search engines"
Virus? It was a humble worm a moment ago. Must have been all that slamming and flooding...
"McAfee Avert, the virus-tracking squad"
lol Squad? Methinks someone is sniffing bad stuff while writing...
"thousands of PCs have been infected by the worm"
Obviously not enough slams, screams and floods. It's back to being a worm again...
In tomorrow's news: How a grain of dust wreaked havoc upon a DJ's turntable, leaving millions, no, billions of listeners rushing, no, screaming for their headphones.
Like the city of California.
STV
1) noob web surfers
2) virus/worm writers
in this case (as with most viri, i assume), the virus/wordm writer is being just plain annoying and the nood web surfer is being a complete idiot. there should be some sort of class like drivers education, only using computers. that would stop a lot of this stuff from spreading.
THIS IS NOT MICROSOFT'S FAULT!!
STV
Do you have a license for that Athlon?
Computer licenses. Best idea ever
Virus developers should be shot...
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