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New Worms Feed on MyDoom Infections

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sucks-to-run-windows dept.

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."

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  1. Grammer check anybody? by Spokehedz · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Sheesh... Proofs? Thread? Now I know the 'editors' don't really edit bupkis.

    Oh, and just so I don't get a OT mod...

    These types of viruses will never die/go away. we'll keep seeing virus after virus come out, and each one will be "the fastest spreading to date" until everyone runs Linux... And then it'll get worse. I mean, running windows updates every day is one thing, but compiling my own kernel after applying the daily patch just gets boring after a bit... I mean, even if I could write a script to automate the process, and do it at 2am every day...

    And then they'd patch the patches, and hack the hacks, and bla bla bla. I have ignored just about every single 'new virus' alert out there because its just stupid. I don't get any of the viruses, because by the time you hear about them you've already gotten about 50-million in your box, and your ignoring them already. That, or your virus scanner that updates every day already has the update against it, so its pointless.

    Oh, and I run OS2/Warp as well. so I guess I'm safe, eh?