Latest MyDoom outbreak spreading, deletes files

03:36 - Wednesday 25 February 2004 by Wolfgang Gruener
Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: latest, mydoom, outbreak, spreading Category : Miscellaneous

Security experts issued fresh alerts over a new, file-deleting version of the MyDoom e-mail worm that was targeting computer users with greater ferocity on Wednesday. The new outbreak, known as MyDoom.F, emerged late last week and has been gathering steam ever since. The virus is programmed to infect personal computers and use them to unleash a crippling digital barrage known as a denial-of-service attack on select Web sites belonging to Microsoft and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

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