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PSS Security Response Team Alert - New Worm: W32/Mydoom@MM
SEVERITY: MODERATE
DATE: January 26, 2004
PRODUCTS AFFECTED: Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook Express, and Web-based e-mail
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WHAT IS IT?
W32/Mydoom@MM spreads via e-mail. The Microsoft Product Support Services Security Team is issuing this alert to advise customers to be on the alert for this virus as it spreads in the wild. Customers are advised to review the information and take the appropriate action for their environments.
Just received a request to post this… For those of you not practicing safe hex, please put on a DSL or cable-modem condom now… Microsoft Consumer Virus Alert: Why We Are Issuing This Alert W32/Mydoom@MM spreads through e-mail. This worm can disguise the sender's address, a tactic known as spoofing, and may generate e-mails that appear to have been sent by Microsoft. Many of the addresses Mydoom uses are valid addresses that are being spoofed for malicious purposes. Mydoom Virus Alert: What to Do Treat all e-mail attachments with caution, particularly .zip files in the case of this virus, even if they appear to be from a trusted source. Learn what to do about virus infections.http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/mydoom.asp Complete Information: http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/mydoom.asp Related... [shawn's blog]
Just received a request to post this… For those of you not practicing safe hex, please put on a DSL or cable-modem condom now…
Microsoft Consumer Virus Alert:
Why We Are Issuing This Alert
W32/Mydoom@MM spreads through e-mail. This worm can disguise the sender's address, a tactic known as spoofing, and may generate e-mails that appear to have been sent by Microsoft. Many of the addresses Mydoom uses are valid addresses that are being spoofed for malicious purposes.
Mydoom Virus Alert: What to Do
Treat all e-mail attachments with caution, particularly .zip files in the case of this virus, even if they appear to be from a trusted source. Learn what to do about virus infections.http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/mydoom.asp
Complete Information: http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/mydoom.asp
Related...
[shawn's blog]