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Author signs MyDoom virus

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-thats-just-stupid dept.

Mikoca writes "Information Week carries the story of how its author signed it "andy" and left the message "I'm just doing my job, nothing personal, sorry." Thanks, Andy!"

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  1. My opinion by W32.Klez.A · · Score: 0, Troll

    This probably means that the spammers did in fact hire him to write the worm.

  2. Re:sorry for what by spitzak · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yes it primarily relies on user stupidity. But it really exploits a bug in Outlook in order to hide or disguise the file type. Anybody who claims this does not use a Windows bug is lying. Yes I'm sure some people managed to run it from other mail readers, but there is specific code in there to take advantage of the extension-hiding bug and I'm sure that tripled or more how many clicks there were!