Mydoom was a computer worm that targeted computers running Microsoft Windows. It was first sighted on January 26, 2004. It became the fastest-spreading...

within the code of its variants insulting the authors of the Bagle and Mydoom worm families and, in some cases, routines that removed versions of these...

(Opportunity) spacecraft lands on the surface of Mars. January 26 – The MyDoom virus is first identified. February 4 – Mark Zuckerberg launches “TheFacebook”...

nearly two dozen variants of the original Mimail worm have appeared. The Mydoom worm, which emerged in January 2004, was initially believed to be a variant...

sites hosting malicious or unwanted content. The widespread computer worm Mydoom.B blocked users from visiting sites about computer security and antivirus...

to change the systems they pass through. However, as the Morris worm and Mydoom showed, even these "payload-free" worms can cause major disruption by increasing...

Ran March 6 (Michelangelo's birthday) Mydoom Novarg, Mimail, Shimgapi Windows Worm 2004-01-26 World Russia Mydoom was the world's fastest spreading computer...

particular website, or inability to access any website. In cases such as MyDoom and Slowloris, the tools are embedded in malware and launch their attacks...

fastest computer worm to have ever entered the wild, being surpassed only by Mydoom. Sobig was not only a computer worm in the sense that it replicates by itself...

laughs attack UDP flood attack Wi-Fi deauthentication attack Smurf attack Mydoom IP address spoofing Fork bomb WinNuke Violation of the law by means of breaking...

Analord 11 No. Title Length 1. "W32.Mydoom.AU@mm" 8:47 2. "VBS.Redlof.B" 4:39 3. "Backdoor.Ranky.S Backdoor.Ranky.S 5 Backdoor.Ranky.S 4 " (split into...

claimed to have written the Netsky worms in order to remove infection with Mydoom and Bagle worms from victims' computers. He also confirmed that a classmate...

beholden to other powerful interests. Many computer worms, such as Sobig and Mydoom, install a backdoor on the affected computer (generally a PC on broadband...

and sparked the beginning of "Operation Troy". This attack utilized the Mydoom and Dozer malware to launch a large-scale, but quite unsophisticated, DDoS...

became the most prolonged, when a denial-of-service attack coming out of the Mydoom computer worm prevented access to the sco.com domain for over a month. The...

and Bagle.B. Bagle.B was discovered on February 17, 2004. January 26: The MyDoom worm emerges, and currently holds the record for the fastest-spreading mass...

periodically altered its process ID to avoid detection by system operators. Mydoom W32.MyDoom@mm, Novarg, Mimail.R, Shimgapi January 26, 2004 Fastest-spreading...

done in the Egyptian Western Desert, several miles near the pyramid of Mydoom. A small Carson City, Nevada was built with river Nile mud on a woven reed...

Analord 9 (EP) 3:52 2005 "W32.Deadcode.A" AFX Analord 8 (EP) 6:18 2005 "W32.Mydoom.AU@mm" AFX Analord 11 (EP) 8:47 2005 "Wabby Acid" AFX Analord 7 (EP) (2009...

suit against Novell. February 2004 The SCO Group becomes the target of the Mydoom computer worm, which was programmed to launch a denial of service attack...

activated. Security experts said that the attack re-used code from the Mydoom worm to spread infections between computers. Experts further shared that...

which have caused $95 billion in financial damages: the ILOVEYOU virus, Mydoom worm, Sobig worm, WannaCry ransomware, DarkTequila malware, and BlackEnergy...

Notable worms of this sort that have infected Windows XP systems include Mydoom, Netsky and Bagle. To discourage users from running such programs, Service...

future attacks. Craig Schmugar, a noted security expert who discovered the Mydoom worm, called the Storm botnet a trend-setter, which has led to more usage...