New Worms Feed on MyDoom Infections

JJP writes "ZDNet Australia is reporting that two new worms, Doomjuice and Deadhat, are taking over computers previously infected by the MyDoom virus. Apparently they try to uninstall the MyDoom virus and then take over the PC to start their own malignant work. Whilst the threat these two worms pose shouldn't be too big, both needing a MyDoom backdoor, it is still a novel way to spread a virus. In the Netherlands there is a newspaper reporting this proves MyDoom was initialy spread by organised crime in a dark plot to wage cyber-war and steal confidential data from our computers."

Comments

Re:Get a PENCIL AND PAPER

[Denver_80203]

I hear those are safe too.. and just as useful to me in my busniess as a Mac.

Proof?

[Srividya]

No proof yet... BBC says MyDoom spread by Linux users to hurt SCO, Linux users say MyDoom spread by spammers to hurt everyone, spammers say MyDoom spread by BIGGER PENIS NOW... Who to believe?

Virus names

[Anonymous Coward]

Do you think people come up with a clever virus name or the virus first?

Re:Virus names

[DougWhite]

Isn't kinda like forming a Rock Band, you pick the name, and the image. The music comes to you after you sell your soul to the RIAA?

Re:Ooo!

[UFNinja]

No, if it was funded by Apple it would be called iDoom. ;)

Re:Organized crime?

[Trigun]

When are the nation states going to wake up and start an international war against spam?

When the spammers have oil.

Hmmm....

[fizban]

MyDoom: "Who are you?"

DoomJuice: "I'm your Grim Reaper."

MyDoom: "Like hell you are. This is my machine, punk."

DoomJuice: "Prepare to meet thy maker (wink wink)."

MyDoom: "Over my dead process."

DoomJuice: "Look, a little old lady on a Windows 98 machine!"

MyDoom: (turns) "Who? Where?"

DoomJuice: "Your Mom." *BONK* "Muhahahaha! Mine, the world is mine!"