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Dangerous Variant Of MyDoom Appears: Page 3 of 3

The first copycat of the widespread Mydoom worm appears on the Internet, and some analysts are warning it may be even more dangerous than the original.
January 28, 2004

Anti-virus firms are racing to combat Mydoom.b with updated virus definition files, but not all companies have yet posted alerts for the variant, nor updates that can defend and disinfect.

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