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MyDoom seeks to destroy antivirus firms
October 18, 2004
In worm's latest version, authors ridicule rival worm Netsky and promise to attack Symantec, McAfee and others.
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MyDoom spawns four small offshoots
September 10, 2004
Four minor copies of the program surface, which may indicate that a more lethal MyDoom is on the way, according to some experts.
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RIAA to face MyDoom's music?
February 21, 2004
A slow-spreading variant of the MyDoom virus is expected to target the recording industry's Web site with a deluge of data. But the RIAA may not feel the pain.
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The case of the mistaken worm
August 6, 2004
When is MyDoom not MyDoom? When security experts realize it's actually a variant of another virus altogetherÂ…
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Antivirus firm secures lists after virus leak
March 5, 2004
F-Secure adds more security to its customer mailing lists after a moderator accidentally forwarded a virus to users of the company's antivirus software.
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Updated MyDoom targets Google--again
February 17, 2005
Worm searches for e-mail addresses in the infected PC's domain--targeting all users from a specific company or ISP.
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The Trojan resume: MyDoom authors encode job plea
September 10, 2004
But the antivirus community wrinkles its nose at the notion of a worm as curriculum vitae.
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Google squashes Santy worm
December 22, 2004
Search firm shuts off ability of worm--which searched for victims via Google--to replicate.
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Double MyDoom for Internet Explorer flaw
November 9, 2004
A second MyDoom offshoot is taking advantage of an unpatched security hole in Microsoft's Web browser to spread.
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Commentary: Spreading the latest virus
January 28, 2004
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Worm authors talk trash
March 3, 2004
Security researchers have discovered that the authors of MyDoom and Bagle are exchanging insults with the author of NetSky, using text hidden inside their virus code.
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MyDoom variant targets Microsoft
January 28, 2004
A new version of the mass-mailing virus hits the Net, aiming data attacks at Microsoft's Web site and interfering with an infected PC's ability to access downloadable security-software updates.
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New MyDoom draws on IE flaw to spread
November 9, 2004
Antivirus firms tell PC users to turn on firewalls--Microsoft has yet to patch the Internet Explorer vulnerability.
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Worm disguises self as Microsoft patch
March 8, 2004
The latest variant of the mass-mailing Sober worm masquerades as an official Microsoft patch for the MyDoom worm.
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