| Incoming - New Virus MyDoom or Novarg |
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| Posted by Strzelec On 01/26/2004 3:42:30 PM PST with 1 comment CNET News.com ^ | January 26, 2004 | Robert Lemos New virus hitting in-boxes Last modified: January 26, 2004, 2:46 PM PST By Robert Lemos Staff Writer, CNET News.com update Antivirus firms on Monday warned of a new mass-mailing computer virus that has gained a foothold in a large number of PCs by masquerading as an e-mail error. The virus--known as MyDoom, Novarg and as a variant of the Mimail virus by different antivirus firms--arrives in an in-box with one of several different random subject lines such as "Mail Delivery System," "Test" or "Mail Transaction Failed." The body of the e-mail contains an executable file and a statement such as:... |
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Copies itself to KaZaA download directory as one of the following files: