Virus Alert: MyDoom.m or MyDoom.o making a mess on the net.

[Renew Deal]

Hi all, I am a techie and I thought I should let you know. There is a virus flying around the internet now that is causing a lot of problems. Do not open any emails that don't look right.

More importantly, DO NOT open any attachments from people you don't know or from any support site. Here is some info on the virus.

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[e-mail]

http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_127033.htm

http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=WORM_MYDOOM.M

http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32mydoomo.html

Note: It has crashed Google and Yahoo search.

[Jokerman]

1. Got that one about an hour ago.

Just ahead of the latest update from McAfee.

Good thing I didn't open it.

[BiggJawn]

2. I've gotten almost a dozen of them.

Wonder if the script kiddie is targetting universities?

[Az_lefty]

3. is that what happened to google this morning?

Symantec Live update isn't picking up the July 26 update, you have to download it manually.

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/defs.download.html

[LynneSin]

4. So that's why I can't do any searches on Google

:shrug:

figures

[DeadHead67]

5. Thanx ! I just did a Norton update. . . .

Ihave it set to do automatic updates, but sometimes, like now, I go in and do it myself.

[Renew Deal]

6. kick

:kick: