New version of MyDoom virus

[MacDawg]

Article about MyDoom

The new version is a mass-mailing worm that does not contain an attachment, as some earlier versions of the worm program have done. A worm is a self-replicating computer program that -- like a computer virus -- can cause damage to a computer's software by attaching itself to programs.

The new Mydoom e-mail messages direct users to click on a link, directing them to an infected machine. Following the hyperlink results in an infection occurring on the target victim's system. Some of the e-mail transmissions appear to be from PayPal, the online payment system that is part of eBay.

 

[Mr. Anderson]

The saddest part of all this is probably the individuals who actually click the link....

 

[AliensAreFuzzy]

The saddest part of all this is probably the individuals who actually click the link....

Well, they are using windows...

 

[MacDawg]

Yeah, that is sad!

 

[tech4all]

Well, they are using windows...

Now thats the saddest part But this is a Windows only virus, right? And not one of those threats that have been surfacing for OS X, right?

 

[MacDawg]

Yes, Windows only and not a Mac scare.
But since it is email, the Mac could be a carrier I suppose.

 

[thecow]

*evil devilish laughter* I'm really glad that I don't have to deal with these viruses on my mac. Even if there is a virus for mac, my dad has a lifetime subscription to norton anti-virus through his work.

 

[chanoc]

Well, they are using windows...

and connecting with AOL.

 

[Chappers]

I remember a bling dealer called Ratner in the UK many years ago mentioning that his products were "crap" - he went out of business quite quickly.
Do you think theres any chance of Billy boy doing the same thing?