Re: [Dev-C++] MyDoom Virus, Lets Stop it

[Watson D. <wa...@wa...>]

Monday, February 2, 2004, 1:23:11 PM, you wrote:

SS> I think that someone in this group has the MyDoom virus. Everyone,
SS> please check in two easy steps: 1.  Go to
SS> http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/mydoom.asp. This  site has
SS> instructions to check for the virus using a DOS command. 2. If you have
SS> the virus, go to
SS> http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32...@mm....
SS> There are instructions for using Symantec's free tools to rid your
SS> computer of MyDoom.a and MyDoom.b. Thank you.

Thanks for the links.

The virus isn't coming from mine but since I don't use Microsoft Outlook or
Outlook Express, I wasn't expecting to have it.

BUT.

I think the virus might also be working from a list of addresses harvested
from newsgroups.  I've gotten some messages from servers that e-mail coming
from me has been infected.  But those e-mail messages just had my address
in the reply-to or from, they weren't actually coming from my computer(s).

It was nice to be able to doublecheck that I wasn't infected, though.

Watson (the pencil neck) Davis