The latest worm's variant provides information about itself and a picture of Sven Jaschan, who is considered the author of the NetSky virus.
The designer Mydoom.Y said very clearly the purpose and mechanism of operation of this version. New tactics have made antivirus software vendors embarrassed. "It's strange that somebody wants to help us," said Mikko Hypponen, research director at F-Secure. "The picture may be aimed at marking Mydoom's victory in the confrontation with other worms. Even so, NetSky is still far more widely distributed than Mydoom. " The detailed description of Mydoom.Y consists of two signatures, Nemog and Zincite, which the Hypponen expert said he had seen in a back door code.
There are several new variants of Mydoom, which have made security experts believe that virus writers may be trying to prepare for a new wave of attacks on the Internet.
