The Mydoom-B, similar to its sister, appeared on Jan. 26, but installed the program to set a date for the denial of service to Microsoft's Web site and block users from infected computers at the site. Security software level.
The worm carries larger attachments with messages like: "sync-1.01; andy; I'm just doing my job, nothing personal, sorry."
Security experts put "Mydoom-B" virus at the second most dangerous level in the company's four-level virus alarm system. Kaspersky, a software company, said there had been some cases of this kind of worm infection.
MyDoom (also known as Novarg, Mimail.R or Shimgapi) has infiltrated millions of computers globally, damaging billions of dollars. MyDoom has spread to 142 countries around the world, accounting for one-twelfth of all e-mail traffic on the Internet. The spread has surpassed the Sobig-F virus record, which appeared at the end of last year, and reached record levels with 1/17 e-mails sent by MessageLabs over the Internet.
