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NEW VIRUS ABOUT!

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Post Tue Feb 10, 2004 6:47 am

NEW VIRUS ABOUT!

Okay - here is another one, and seeing as many of you believe that you don't have mydoom or others, maybe you should check again, then check again, and finally, install some better safeguards and check again!

Here is the info: Straight from AOL

COMPUTER security experts are warning of a new worm known as Doomjuice which is expected to attack computers infected by Mydoom.

The virus, first detected by Finnish company F-Secure on Monday night, has so far infected at least 30,000 computers worldwide since Sunday.

Company director Mikko Hypponen said that like Mydoom.A and Mydoom.B, the new worm is designed to strike Microsoft Windows operating systems and is programmed to launch a worldwide attack on the web site of SCO, one of the largest UNIX vendors in the world.

"Unlike Mydoom, it does not spread via e-mail. It comes through a backdoor left open by Mydoom," Hypponen said.

"People won't even realise their computers are being attacked, and then they'll have both Mydoom and Doomjuice in their computers."

Doomjuice drops the original source code of the Mydoom.A worm in an archive to folders on infected computers.

"This proves to us that Doomjuice and Mydoom.A are written by the same people," Hypponen said. "The source code of Mydoom.A has not been seen circulating in the underground before."

Last month, Microsoft promised £140,000 to anyone who helps find and prosecute the author of the fast-spreading Mydoom virus.

F-Secure, a Helsinki-based company, was one of the first to warn of the dangers of the e-mail Mydoom worm, also known as Novarg.

Doomjuice's ability to spread is limited because it will only attack computers infected by Mydoom," Hypponen said. "And lots of them are being cleaned up already at a quick rate."


However, from what poeple are saying here - some might still have it, so get scanning peeps


Post Tue Feb 10, 2004 6:52 am

damn, i think i got MyDoom


this is my world; it goes round and round and round
The wolfy types like a cow

Post Tue Feb 10, 2004 6:57 am

It seams like there is a virus every 2 week now days, but most of them are nolonger those wipe you hard drive viruses, but malware. and trojan horses that hijack your computer

If life gives you lemons use them to squirk lemon juice in people's eyes and cheat.

Post Tue Feb 10, 2004 7:15 am

maybe its about time they try out a few real viruses on the authors of these computer viruses when they catch them , say ebola to name one

Post Tue Feb 10, 2004 8:08 am

catch taht writer! 140grand!

Post Tue Feb 10, 2004 9:48 am

I like your sig BEvilR!

These mydoom things are nasty it seems. I'm glad I have no affiliation with Linux or SCO... and some fancy anti-virus software

MY DREAM:
My grandfather got an e-mail that he thought might have been from me. He brought it over, unopened on the laptop he doesn't have. We networked our comps (which I don't know how to do) and I uploaded it on mine and opened it. It contained a picture viewer with piant-style images of "gray hairless monkies" and proceded to f*k up my computer somthing bad. It was a nasty dream...

Post Tue Feb 10, 2004 11:11 am

Reminder as to the REWARD.

There are two. Both Micrsoft and SCO have posted separate rewards for $250,00 which, I guess, = £140,000 . Assuming that SCO's reward also is valid around the world, that would be another £140,000 from SCO for a nice total
of £280,000.

Post Tue Feb 10, 2004 2:30 pm

The virus actually copies itself into the System dir, and calls itself "intrenat.exe", and then places a key in the registry so that it is activated upon restart. How original, and how subtle. I've never seen that technique before...

Post Tue Feb 10, 2004 5:57 pm

@Esq

No offense intended. I just want to be extra careful. Is the syntax correct on that file name? - i-n-t-r-e-n-a-t.exe ?

Post Wed Feb 11, 2004 2:28 pm

Are you implying that I could misspell!?!? The temerity!

Of course I'm not offended, old son. Yes, the file is called "intrenat.exe", and should not be confused with the legitimate file "internat.exe" which comes with Windows. Here's a link just in case you would like to triple-check (I always do ).

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