[Am-info] New virus infects PCs, whacks SCO

[Fred Miller]

New virus infects PCs, whacks SCO

Antivirus firms warned on Monday of a high-risk,  
new mass-mailing computer virus that had gained a 
foothold in a large number of PCs by masquerading  
itself as an e-mail error, and targeted the SCO  
Group's Web server with a flood of data. The virus,   
dubbed MyDoom, 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: "The message contains Unicode  
characters   and has been sent as a binary attachment."    
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