How to deal with virus Mydoom

  • Thread starter Thread starter Jim Walker
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Well the virus really doesnt impact your PC. It simply redistributes
itself through e-mail. The purpose of the virus is to attack SCO and
Microsoft... and if you ask me, they deserve it.
As for your ISP, theyll understand, it was last estimated that one in
three e-mails were infected with MyDoom... so theres not much you can
do but sit back and watch the anarchy as SCO and Microsoft get hit.
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I was wondering myself, once users find out what Mydoom is up to,
how many will make the mistake of deciding to leave it on their
computer for the first few days of February.

I wouldn't encourage it since McAfee researchers and those at other
anti-virus companies have also spotted another Mydoom trend:
thousands of hackers are scanning the range of TCP ports opened by
the worm.

Those open ports, which range between number 3127 and 3198, are
open doors for malicious hackers.

BoB
 
Those open ports, which range between number 3127
and 3198, are open doors for malicious hackers.

BoB
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Not if your firewall is blocking inbound connects on those ports.

-Frank
 
On that special day, BoB, ([email protected]) said...
I was wondering myself, once users find out what Mydoom is up to,
how many will make the mistake of deciding to leave it on their
computer for the first few days of February.
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I am afraid they don't even know who or what SCO is, and if they knew,
it doesn't bother them in the slightest way.

"Why, it isn't me. No qualms."

And so the servers of SCO are breaking down under the masses of GET
requests.


Gabriele Neukam

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