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Old 28-01-2004, 03:44   #61
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W32/Mydoom@MM - 1/26/2004

There is a new virus named W32/Mydoom@MM. This is a mass-mailing worm that arrives in an email message as follows:
From: (spoofed)
Subject: (Random)
Body: (Varies, such as)

The message cannot be represented in 7-bit ASCII encoding and has been sent as a binary attachment.
The message contains Unicode characters and has been sent as a binary attachment.
Mail transaction failed. Partial message is available.
Attachment: (varies [.exe, .pif, .cmd, .scr] - often arrives in a ZIP archive) (22,528 bytes). The icon used by the file tries to make it appear as if the attachment is a text file

Please make sure you install the latest virus pattern and do not open any attachment from emails that look suspicious.

http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/defau...virus_k=100983
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I will forget my dreams
Nothing is what it seems
I will effect you
I will protect you
From all the crazy schemes

You traded in your wings
For everything freedom brings

You never left me
You never let me
See what this feeling means
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