MyDoom Virus is back...

[ogryn]

From www.theregister.co.uk

MyDoom returns
By John Leyden
Published Monday 17th January 2005 17:08 GMT

A new version of MyDoom discovered at the weekend appears months after the last iteration of the long-running series of worms. MyDoom-AI (alias MyDoom-AE) normally spreads by emails with some featuring sexually explicit images. It claims attachments contains passwords for adult websites.

In fact, they contain malicious code that disables security software and turns PCs into drones for zombie attack networks. Its spread so far is limited but a fresh variant of MyDoom three months after the last batch is bad news. November's infamous Bofra worm was initially classified as a variant of MyDoom, but even excluding this more than 30 variants of the worm have been created since its debut in January 2004.

By comparison Agobot (AKA Gaobot or Phatbot) backdoor - which like MyDoom is often used to commandeer vulnerable Windows PCs to distribute spam or mount DDoS attacks - has hundreds of variants (example here). The source code for Gaobot is in the public domain and it has been modified and reposted widely. Anti-virus firm McAfee reckons virus writers are creating 150 zombie programs a week. ®

Be careful people. Don't open attachement that you don't know where they come from. :wave:

 

[The Mom]

I've noticed a lot of e-mails lately that pretend to be product delivery confirmation notices. I warned my husband to tell me if he orders anything online because I'm just deleting (and emptying my delete folder) as soon as I spot them without opening any. Has anyone else been getting them? Is this another virus, or just spam? If it's a virus, AVG isn't picking it up.

 

[TAC]

Also this one is back:

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.zar.a@mm.html

disguised as

Subject: Tsunami Donation! Please help!

Please help us with your donation and view the attachment below! We need you!

Attachment: tsunami.exe


Be careful everyone!

:wave:

 

[Jacks Sally]

Thanks for the info guys
I'll be careful

 

[tigsmom]

Thanks for the heads up. I haven't had a problem, but I'll keep my eyes open.

 

[pinkrose]

I've noticed a lot of e-mails lately that pretend to be product delivery confirmation notices. I warned my husband to tell me if he orders anything online because I'm just deleting (and emptying my delete folder) as soon as I spot them without opening any. Has anyone else been getting them? Is this another virus, or just spam? If it's a virus, AVG isn't picking it up.

I keep getting those too.