MyDoom Virus

What is MyDoom?

While many people call it a virus, technically MyDoom is a worm, as it can operate and spread independently from the host.MyDoom (also known as Nova, W32.MyDoom@mm, Shimgapi, and Email. R) spreads through malicious email attachments. After the victim clicks on the attachment, the worm gets inside the operating system and sends emails to all the victim’s contacts. When people see a familiar name, they are more likely to open a suspicious file. At the time of discovery in 2004, you could also get MyDoom by using the file-sharing platform Kazaa, which is no longer operating.MyDoom adds infected computers to a botnet and then carries out distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. When the worm takes control over the victim’s OS, it then opens various ports and provides a backdoor to invite even more malware in.read more