Weapons of Mass Disruption (Windows-MyDoom)
From: JF Mezei (jfmezei.spamnot_at_istop.com)
Date: 01/29/04
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Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 05:30:24 -0500
The latest windows virus is a most interesting one. It is aimed at SCO. On
February 1, windows machines infected with MyDoom will constantly try to
connect to the SCO web site, as a retaliation for SCO wanting to get money
from Linux users.
So, just like US commercial aircraft were used as tools to inflict damage to
the USA on Sept 11, it seems that Windows is now used as a tool to inflict
damage to corporations who are not seen as good citizens.
If these attacks focused at a precise target continue, there will be serious
pressure to prevent windows from being used as weapons of mass disruption in
the corporate world.
First step might be to update major SMTP servers to block any emails sent from
a microsoft user agent (eg: outlook). This would force the world to stop using
Outlook and thus solve the largest proportion of the viri on the internet.
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