Marking a new level of sophistication in computer attacks, a variant of the MyDoom worm — described as the fastest-moving virus in history — is following up on the first worm’s success with a new outbreak. While antivirus experts indicated MyDoom.B is not spreading nearly as quickly as MyDoom.A — which generated an estimated 3 million copies and at its peak accounted for one in every eight pieces of e-mail sent on the Internet — the variant might prove difficult to remove because it blocks access to 65 security and antivirus sites.
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MyDoom.B Variant Spreads, Blocks Access to Security Updates
Posted by: Jay Lyman January 29, 2004 09:50 AMMarking a new level of sophistication in computer attacks, a variant of the MyDoom worm — described as the fastest-moving virus in history — is following up on the first worm’s success with a new outbreak. While antivirus experts indicated MyDoom.B is not spreading nearly as quickly as MyDoom.A — which generated an estimated 3 million copies and at its peak accounted for one in every eight pieces of e-mail sent on the Internet — the variant might prove difficult to remove because it blocks access to 65 security and antivirus sites.