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A computer virus disguised as a text file attached to a technical email has spread to thousands of computer systems worldwide since appearing on Monday.
The speed of its spread makes the virus – variously dubbed MyDoom, Novarg and MiMail.R – one of the fastest moving ever seen. UK-based email filtering firm MessageLabs says it saw 1.2 million copies pass through its systems between 1300 GMT Monday and 0900 GMT on Tuesday.
The deluge of extra email created by the virus caused disruption to some parts of the internet on Monday evening, according to US internet monitoring firm Keynote Systems.
MyDoom arrives in the guise of a text file attached to an email alert. The mail contains one of a number of messages encouraging the user to open the attachment. One says: “The message cannot be represented in 7-bit ASCII encoding and has been sent as a binary attachment.” Another warns: “Mail transaction failed. Partial message is available.
The speed of its spread makes the virus – variously dubbed MyDoom, Novarg and MiMail.R – one of the fastest moving ever seen. UK-based email filtering firm MessageLabs says it saw 1.2 million copies pass through its systems between 1300 GMT Monday and 0900 GMT on Tuesday.
The deluge of extra email created by the virus caused disruption to some parts of the internet on Monday evening, according to US internet monitoring firm Keynote Systems.
MyDoom arrives in the guise of a text file attached to an email alert. The mail contains one of a number of messages encouraging the user to open the attachment. One says: “The message cannot be represented in 7-bit ASCII encoding and has been sent as a binary attachment.” Another warns: “Mail transaction failed. Partial message is available.
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