W32.Mydoom Alert
 

Something else to be worried about. All the more reason to switch over to Firefox.


Discovered on: November 08, 2004
Last Updated on: November 09, 2004 04:15:36 PM

W32.Mydoom.AI@mm is a mass-mailing worm that exploits the Microsoft Internet Explorer Malformed IFRAME Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (as described in Bugtraq ID 11515). The worm also spreads by sending a mass-mailing to the email addresses that it finds in the Windows address book.

Also Known As: W32/Mydoom.ag@MM [McAfee], WORM_MYDOOM.AG [Trend Micro], W32/Bofra-A [Sophos], MyDoom.AG [F-Secure], Win32.Mydoom.AF [Computer Associates], I-Worm.Mydoom.ad [Kaspersky]

Type: Worm
Infection Length: 20,751 bytes


Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP

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*sigh* Yet another reason to switch browsers or operating systems.... or to be smart and not load suspicious attachments from unknown sources!

It is Thursday, isn't it? :)