The latest mass-mail worm to attack unprotected computers is Mytob, which first appeared at the beginning of the month, but last week, threatened with eight new variants, two of which were reported by security firm Symantec yesterday. As with other mass-mail worms, Mytob uses its own SMTP engine to send e-mail to addresses that it finds on computers it infects. It also may block access to security Web sites, open a backdoor, allowing others to access the computer and modify data on the computer.
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Mytob Worm Mutating Rapidly
Posted by: Susan B. Shor March 29, 2005 01:42 PMThe latest mass-mail worm to attack unprotected computers is Mytob, which first appeared at the beginning of the month, but last week, threatened with eight new variants, two of which were reported by security firm Symantec yesterday. As with other mass-mail worms, Mytob uses its own SMTP engine to send e-mail to addresses that it finds on computers it infects. It also may block access to security Web sites, open a backdoor, allowing others to access the computer and modify data on the computer.