[SpamCop-List] Re: Nice info on Mydoom.B

[Robi]

Mike Gray wrote:
>> Hmm, I see something very interesting happening here...
>>
>> http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/mydoom_b.shtml
> 
> Indeed. The hosts file thing is clever, as is the idea of an auto-updating
> virus. But if it puts microsft into the hosts and then DOSes it, surely it
> will fail because when it tries to reach Microsoft it'll just aim back at
> the local machine?

As far as I understand, it will remove the entry before DDoSing M$.


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Robi