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VIRUS BULLETIN #67 - MyDoom
aka Novarg
(26 Jan 04)

SF Gate article excerpt: "Besides sending out e-mail, the program appears to open up a backdoor so that hackers can take over the computer later. [...] Symantec, an antivirus company, said the worm appeared to contain a program that logs keystrokes on infected machines. It could collect username and passwords of unsuspecting users and distribute them to strangers. [...] Microsoft offers a patch of its Outlook e-mail software to warn users before they open such attachments or prevent them from opening them altogether. Antivirus software also stops infection." Full article here. (added 27 Jan 04)

Reuters article excerpt:"The new virus, dubbed MyDoom or Novarg, is a mass-mailing worm that arrives as an attachment with an .exe, .scr, .zip or .pif extension and can have a subject line of "test" or "status." It mails itself out to addresses in the victim's computer and is clogging mail servers and degrading network performance at companies, experts said." Full article here. (added 27 Jan 04)

• F-Secure
• McAfee/Network Associates
• Norton/Symantec
• Sophos
  

VIRUS BULLETIN #66 - Dumaru
(26 Jan 04)

Protect yourself! Read the descriptions of incoming infected e-mails.

• F-Secure
• McAfee/Network Associates
• Norton/Symantec
• Sophos