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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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Re:all your base are belong to us by Bunch'a+4th+Graders · 2004-10-19 00:41 · Score: 0, Offtopic

My money says you're 3 for 3.
Re:all your base are belong to us by DrJonesAC2 · 2004-10-19 00:57 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Not to mention 'loose' for 'lose'.
Re:Actually by zeropointentity · 2004-10-19 01:08 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I'm a doctor. Really. No seriously! Believe me dude. Believe me! I'm even a better doctor than I am a karma whore! I was simply thinking along the lines that, if the creators of such virUSES were to attack the entities responsilble for null and voiding a virus, they'd be trying something a little more creative than just a DOS attack. As far as I know, a DOS is rather temporary. Which is a pointless victory in war.