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MyDoom Seeks to Destroy Antivirus Firms

Posted by CmdrTaco on 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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  1. Live Update by UID1000000 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Maybe they can destory Live Update so that Symantec can finally create a copy that isn't a resource hog.... wait....

    *sighs*

    nevermind

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  2. Destroy ?? by MHleads · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The only way to destroy Anti-virus firm is to stop writing viri. The more the viri, the more $$$ for AV companies.

    1. Re:Destroy ?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

      They already stopped writing "viri" and "virii", because most people who aren't affecting some ridiculous air of pseudo-intelligence write viruses instead.

      Anyway, true viruses are damn hard to find nowadays. Most AV programs protect against trojans and worms, not file-infecting viruses. Any AV company worth a damn has turned into a general security company (take note that symantec also owns bugtraq, for example). Long as people break into places, we're going to have locks....

  3. Re:Just a bunch of horse crap... by millahtime · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I have OS X and us users need to quit trash talking. To many of us don't use antivirus software. And, yes, despite it being an amazingly secure setup there are holes as in any system. So, lets not provoke the smart virus writers who can write one for OS X if they put enough time and effort in. Lets stay low key as long as possible

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  4. N3ws for n3rds, Stuff best left unheard ... by Delirium+Tremens · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Maybe, just maybe, we should not give those guys any free publicity... Wouldn't this actually be a good news to skip and left untold?
    We don't really want to boost the ego of those jacks, do we?

    And hopefully, Taco won't repost the same story in a few days...
    <sarcasm/>

  5. Re:Thanks, guys by eclectro · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Unfortunate but true. Just as WMD was used as an excuse for Iraq, Viruses will justify a new draconian Patriot Act II that really will do nothing to stop virus writers but will do everything to control law abiding citizens.

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  6. Anti-Virus software is dangerous by Secrity · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is the very reason why depending upon anti-virus software is dangerous. Anti-virus software causes people to become less careful about computer security. Becoming less careful about computer security because you have anti-virus software is something like driving less carefully because you believe that airbags will keep you safe in the event of a car accident.

  7. Re:Mild threat by Patrik_AKA_RedX · · Score: 4, Insightful

    A DOS-attack isn't "quite mild" when your business depends on your internet connection (e.g. Amazone). Not to mention the bill for all that extra traffic.

  8. Re:think about it.... by Tenebrious1 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Do you want to use the antivirus product of a company whose network goes down due to a virus?

    Any company's computers, even the best AV writers, are vulnerable to 1st day infections. Any company could get slammed if an unknown virus is introduced directly into their networks. So what would matter to me is not that they were taken down, but how quickly they are able to get their systems back online. That's indicative of how quickly they can get updates online and out to the rest of us who may be suffering the same fate.

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