Mydoom mutants mount new attacks
Tuesday, 10 February 2004 18:36 EST
Two novel viruses are seeking to cash in on the success of the Mydoom virus. These variants of the original bug are making their way around the net using Windows machines still infected by Mydoom. The more widespread variant, called Doomjuice, launches a denial of service attack on the Microsoft.com website. The other variant, dubbed Deadhat, uninstalls other versions of Mydoom it finds and then tries to cripple a PC's anti-virus protection.
Unlike the original Mydoom.A virus, neither Doomjuice or Deadhat travel via e-mail.
Instead, both randomly scan net addresses and upload themselves to any infected machines they find.
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