I was of the "hype" opinion well over a week ago in this thread:
http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-6132-0.html?forumID=32&threadID=9990&messageID=116425
Certain companies reporting the high number of emails with the MyDoom and high expansion rates (help sells their AV), but not reporting the number of actual computers infected by opening the attachment, and not really knowing.
I still say the "LOVE BUG" would be the biggest ever that infected computers based on a percentage chart giving the number of computers operating world wide at the specific given time. That one tugged at the heart strings of romance, and no female (and most men)at the time could resist opening the attachment if they receive it in a email.
A study of 1610 businesses worldwide, by the largest private network security company in the US, has shown that the MyDoom worm has not affected workplaces half as much as made out.
TruSecure found that the effects of MyDoom had been greatly hyped.
The company's Sydney-based senior security consultant, Leanne Fleming, compared the impact of the worm to that of someone throwing rocks at the outer wall of a castle - "it has made a lot of noise but hasn't impacted security in the slightest."
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/09/1076175086325.html

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