A mass-mailing virus quickly spread through the Internet on Monday, compromising computers so that they attack the SCO Group’s Web server with a flood of data on Feb. 1, according to antivirus companies.
The virus–known as MyDoom, Novarg and as a variant of the Mimail virus by different antivirus companies–arrives in an in-box with one of several different random subject lines, such as “Mail Delivery System,” “Test” or “Mail Transaction Failed.” The body of the e-mail contains an executable file and a statement such as: “The message contains Unicode characters and has been sent as a binary attachment.”
The virus also copies itself to the Kazaa download directory on PCs, on which the file-sharing program is loaded. The virus camouflages itself, using one of seven file names, including Winamp5, RootkitXP, Officecrack and Nuke2004. Variations in the body text include: “The message cannot be represented in 7-bit ASCII encoding and has been sent as a binary attachment.”
Related Posts
- New Email Virus Targets P2P Users
- Kazaa Protects Against MyDoom Virus
- Fake FBI virus catches net users
- E-mail virus from Bill Gates
- Bugbear Virus: Targets Internet Explorer
Loading ...
