By Robert Jaques [25-02-2004]
Medium-risk mass-mailing worm attempts Denial of Service hit on industry giants

Security experts have discovered another version of the MyDoom virus.
The recently discovered W32/MyDoom.f@mm, also known as MyDoom.F, was classified as a medium risk by McAfee's Anti-Virus and Vulnerability Emergency Response Team (Avert) division yesterday.

MyDoom.F is similar to previous MyDoom variants in that it contains its own SMTP engine for building and sending messages.

It attempts to perform a Denial of Service (DoS) attack against the Microsoft and RIAA websites, and contains a malicious payload that deletes files on infected PCs.

According to Avert, the virus has been found in as many as 60 companies throughout Asia Pacific, Canada, Europe, Japan, Latin America and the US.

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