DDos sco.com they wanted to port it to Linux :)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 1:10 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re:New version of Mydoom on the loose
>
> I hear Doom III will have better graphics...
>
>
> > This variant targets Microsoft, blocks access to antivirus sites
> >
> > JANUARY 28, 2004 ( COMPUTERWORLD ) - A new variant of the Mydoom virus
> > has just emerged, several security companies are reporting this
> > afternoon.
> > Mydoom.b variant has a larger payload and targets Microsoft's Web site
> > for a distributed denial-of-service attack on Feb. 1, instead of The
> > SCO Group Inc., according to London-based security vendor Mi2g Ltd.
> >
> > "This new variant of Mydoom is worse than Mydoom.A," Ken Dunham,
> > director of malicious code at iDefense Inc. in Reston, Va., said in a
> > statement. "It modifies the hosts file to block access to antivirus
> > Web sites and is configured differently from Mydoom.A." It also opens
> > up a different Transmission Control Protocol port.
> >
> > Mi2G said there are some minor changes to the text padding as well.
> > It's possible Mydoom.b is being disseminated via infected computers
> > turned into "zombies" by Mydoom.a, as well as via the file-sharing
> > system Kazaa, the company said.
> >
> > "This could turn the whole Mydoom episode into a much more adverse
> > series of unfortunate events," the company said.
> >
> >
> > http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/virus/story/0,
> > 10801,89494,00.
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