MyDoom Seeks to Destroy Antivirus Firms

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MyDoom Seeks to Destroy Antivirus Firms

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @12:24AM from the i-know-the-feeling dept.

Khoo writes "Worm writers are threatening to attack antivirus companies F-Secure, Symantec, Trend Micro and McAfee. In the latest version of MyDoom--MyDoom.AE--the authors embedded a message ridiculing rival worm Netsky and promising to attack the antivirus companies."

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Ehh... by DreddUK · 2004-10-19 00:26 · Score: 5, Funny

Isn't this like the virus companies threating to shoot themselves....? Oh, hang on, they don't really write all the virii... :)

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1. Re:Ehh... by macdaddy357 · 2004-10-19 00:42 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I just hope they keep Monkeypoo from spreading far and wide! Here is the mail circulating about it
  VIRUS WARNING:
  Attention: Computer Labs Inc., makers of Virucide antivirus software have identified a highly dangerous new Trojan worm, MONKEYPOO. It will usually appear in an e-mail with the subject, "Congratulations.You have won!" it will then prompt you to click a link to collect your cash prize. It can also freely spread across networks.
  Monkeypoo will read your address book, and mail a copy of itself to every address it finds, and it will look like you sent it. It will then invoke the secret self-destruct command held over from the original IBM PC's 8086 command set. This short line of code will cause the processor, ram, hard drive and any floppy drives to spin out of control and overheat until key components melt together, and will most likely cause a fire.
  James Winklee, a former IBM programmer had this to say. "We developed the self-destruct code so government agencies such as the FBI and CIA could quickly and completely destroy compromised computer systems before an enemy could get their hands on classified information. When we saw how violently a PC executing the command burst into flames, we decided not to publish it's existence. It has been kept a secret successfully until now. If you get infected with the Monkeypoo Trojan worm, you may notice your computer going completely haywire. Physically unplug it from power as fast as you can, and send it in for repair. Only a professional can remove this one."
  While Computer Labs Inc and other antivirus software makers are working on a solution, they haven't got one a home user could successfully run yet. "This is the worst kind of malicious code I have ever seen." said Marcus Polan of Computer labs Inc. Use extreme caution.
  It is important that as many computer users as possible receive this warning, so send it out to as many people as you can. The entire Internet and every PC connected to it is at risk.
  Scary stuff huh?
  
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2. Re:Ehh... by fluffybacon · 2004-10-19 01:29 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I hate those hoax warnings, but this one is important!!
  
  Please send this to everyone on your e-mail list - both male and female!
  
  If a man comes to your front door and says he is conducting a survey and asks you to show him your arse, do not show him your arse.
  
  This is a scam; he only wants to see your arse.
  
  I wish I'd gotten this yesterday. I feel so stupid and cheap.
  
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3. Re:Ehh... by Mr.+Bad+Example · 2004-10-19 03:47 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  > It's real! My brother's friend's cousin's uncle's grandparents got it!
  
  And hanging from the CD-ROM tray was...a hook!
virii calling each other out... by Spydr · 2004-10-19 00:29 · Score: 5, Funny

Hey Netsky! Nice code, did your mommmy write it for you?!
1. Re:virii calling each other out... by jrod2027 · 2004-10-19 00:40 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Hey Netsky! Nice code, did your mommmy write it for you?!
  
  Hey MyDoom! Yes she did, and she just pwned you!
TANGERINE ALERT! by Badgerman · 2004-10-19 00:36 · Score: 4, Funny

I think it's time to panic. We know virus writers always tell the truth and would never engage in deception or hyperbole. Therefore this must be true.

I reccomend we immediately declare western civilization over to beat them to the punch.

There, got my sarcasm out for the day. Now to go to work and refuel it.

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Re:VIRUSES calling each other out... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-19 00:53 · Score: 5, Funny

"i thought we settled this a long time ago, the term varies depending on the number... viri for one, virii for two, viriii for three, viriv for four, virv for five, and so on..."
Re:Virii??? by nick-less · 2004-10-19 01:00 · Score: 4, Funny

I think you'll find the plural is 'viruses'

yeah sure, next time you gonna tell us that the plural of box is boxes and not boxen...
Why tell them? by Gary+Destruction · 2004-10-19 01:21 · Score: 4, Funny

If the MyDoom writers want to mess up antivirus companies, why don't they just do it and be totally quiet about it? The only thing worse than an attack is one that you don't see coming. To top that off, they could have made a different virus to attack antivirus firms and make the antivirus firms think it was the netsky writers that did it. And then someone could make a movie about it and play it on TNT because they know drama.
Without a doubt, I would by thrill12 · 2004-10-19 01:29 · Score: 4, Funny

I am just the average Joe, who is brainwashed by such renowned companies as Microsoft into believing that it is not the software companies that make the mistakes, but the people who make the things that cause the mistakes to trigger!

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