imported_admin
28-01-2004, 11:17 PM
Why We Are Issuing This Alert
W32/Mydoom@MM spreads through e-mail. This worm can disguise the sender's address, a tactic known as spoofing, and may generate e-mail messages that appear to have been sent by one of the Alpine websites, or from your ISP or even from Microsoft. Many of the addresses Mydoom uses are valid addresses that are being spoofed for malicious purposes.
Technical information about the virus is available from antivirus vendors participating in the Microsoft Virus Information Alliance (VIA). The Mydoom worm is also known by the names Novarg, Shimg, and Mimail.R.
If you ever receive a questionable e-mail message that contains an attachment, do not open the attachment. In particular pay attention to .pif and .scr and .exe attatchments.
If you cannot confirm with the sender that the message is valid and that the attachment is safe, delete the message immediately. If you receive a questionable message that purports to be from Us, please submit a support desk ticket with as much information about the email as possible.
More information on the virus can be found HERE (http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/mydoom.asp)
W32/Mydoom@MM spreads through e-mail. This worm can disguise the sender's address, a tactic known as spoofing, and may generate e-mail messages that appear to have been sent by one of the Alpine websites, or from your ISP or even from Microsoft. Many of the addresses Mydoom uses are valid addresses that are being spoofed for malicious purposes.
Technical information about the virus is available from antivirus vendors participating in the Microsoft Virus Information Alliance (VIA). The Mydoom worm is also known by the names Novarg, Shimg, and Mimail.R.
If you ever receive a questionable e-mail message that contains an attachment, do not open the attachment. In particular pay attention to .pif and .scr and .exe attatchments.
If you cannot confirm with the sender that the message is valid and that the attachment is safe, delete the message immediately. If you receive a questionable message that purports to be from Us, please submit a support desk ticket with as much information about the email as possible.
More information on the virus can be found HERE (http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/mydoom.asp)