[honeygrl]

So it seems that professional spammers, not the "Linux Community" is responsible.

[honeygrl]

Ready to apologize for blaming it on the wrong people yet?

[theDentist]

So if you build a better worm-trap, the 'net wil beat a path to your door.

[leadpencil1]

The message cannot be represented in 7-bit ASCII encoding and has been sent as a binary attachment.

[SGCOS]

[Theo]

Can't we just follow the money? And those profiteers who have their spam sent from infected computers would pretty clearly be the guilty ones, no? Couldn't someone just buy something from one of these spammers and see how their credit card is billed?

It shouldn't be all that difficult to track down those who profit from this worm....

FWIW, I own a couple of domain names, and have received over 600 spam/worms since yesterday. 600.

[thoughtomator]

That's why we need to bring back the draw-and-quarter method of punishment, specifically for email spammers. I firmly believe that a civilized society needs to make an example out of people who would inflict an unmitigated evil upon others for their own personal benefits.

[meanie monster]

Would the worm cause your email to download slow? I checked my mail earlier and it took forever to download. They were only text messages too, and only 4 total.

[pcx99]

How to shut down spammers in one easy step.

1] Fine the companies IN the ads, not the spammers.

It's as simple as that.

[Doctor Stochastic]

Throwing a spammer in the works?

[mikegi]

So it seems that professional spammers, not the "Linux Community" is responsible.

In all the descriptions of this virus I've found there's no mention of "organized crime" involvement.

[js1138]

Mehta said while he had seen reports the worm contained a keystroke logger, he could not confirm them. He said computers equipped with a firewall program should be safe because the anti-hacker software would intercept and stop the remote prying.

Gee, I can recall being flamed for saying this two days ago.

[Leroy S. Mort]

Experts say the creation of MyDoom was almost certainly funded by e-mail spammers.

What size "fund" does one need to get a worm created? Probably a six-pack.

[Leroy S. Mort]

So it seems that professional spammers, not the "Linux Community" is responsible.

I see nothing in this article that would indicate anyone knows who created this or for what reason (other than the DOS attacks coded against MS and SCO).

"I don't think the worm is especially sophisticated, but the overall plot is very sophisticated," said Thompson. "The plot is to prepare a bunch of machines to send out spam, to own more and more computers that can do that."

"Yeah, it definitely has ties to spammers," said Neel Mehta, a computer scientist with Atlanta-based Internet Security Systems.

Okay. What spam is being sent? Or is that just conjecture? Article doesn't say. Worms and trojans have been hijacking computers to serve as slaves in DOS attacks for years - so much for the "sophistication" of the plot.

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

Computer experts blame spammers

Has anyone been looking at the full headers of their SPAM lately? At least half of it is coming from DSL and Cable Modem systems here in the U.S. Mostly from Comcast, RR, and Adelphia. At some point these companies will have to stop their customers from SPAMing the world.

[backhoe]

Most of these links are courtesy Martin Fierro:

Alternative browsers:
http://www.mozilla.org/
http://www.opera.com/

Free anti-viral protection:
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php

Popup ad killers:
http://www.bayden.com/popper/

Close that friggin' Messenger in Windows XP:
http://grc.com/stm/ShootTheMessenger.htm

Spyware removers:
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=download
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html

Good for pre-screening & bouncing SPAM:
http://mailwasher.net/

Script Defender ( stop that nonsense from running unwelcome scripts ):
http://www.analogx.com/welcome.htm

Online virus scans:
http://housecall.antivirus.com/housecall/start_corp.asp
Trend Micro

http://www.rav.ro/scan/indexie.php
RAV

http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/license.php
Bit Defender

[wimpycat]

These "MyDoom" articles on FR have reminded me to update my virus definitions every day for the past several days, and there's always something new. Usually, I update about once a week.

[steve-b]

Ready to 'fess up and write 100 times "I AM VERY SORRY THAT I SPREAD SLANDERS"?