Nasty Email virus that we can hopefully avoid with education.

Published 27 January 04 02:23 PM

Nasty virus alert just came in.  Hope we all are unscathed by it, but thought I would help spread the word.

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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

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Comments

# Dumky said on January 27, 2004 3:40 PM:
I agree that the users need to learn not to click on everything that is sent to them. Also, I agree this is not a problem specific to Outlook or Windows.
But there exists designs that allow to mitigate this kind of viruses to a great extend. Basically, when you click on the executable, it should be able to do much. That means no hard drive wiping and no opening internet connections.

Check out http://erights.org for more on an interesting approach. The "skynet virus" talk is really good.
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