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The newest version of MyDoom, MyDoom. f, connects infected pc's in for a Denial-or-Service-attack on the website of the American music industry. Because the virus little differs of its predecessors, is not expected that one serious threat will form.

Neat as the previous MyDoom-viruses the f-variant a pc tries to infect via an e-mailmessage. An user to to it at to set the enclosed truce on to click, becomes foresee the e-mail of a false sender and a variable subject and content. He who on it clicks, gets is corrupted' to see a mistake report with in that the errand 'Line.

There are differ however also with the preceding MyDoom-editions. MyDoom. f is more destructive and destroys truces with the extensie bmp, avi, jpg, sav, xls, doc or mdb. Furthermore it let also copies of itself behind on divided disks. That do from itself nothing, but there exists naturally source a chance that someone there per misfortune on clicks. Ultimately opens the virus except of gate 1,080 also the gates 3,000 until 5,000.

Notably is that MyDoom. f addresses plunders from the address book only at the same time contacts from particular domains, below which sun. com, sgi. com ground,.. gave, want to lie slashdot and linux, links.

All MyDooms have until now a Thu-attack on particular sites exported. These victims appear together a 'hitparade' of organizations to form that sore impopulair are by a part of the intercommunity. Variant f closes self by that tradition at and launches an attack on the website of the RIAA, an organization that through its strict campaign filled with has against downloaders many surfers the necessary fright.

The music industry will however little brands of the MyDoom. f. According to antivirusbestrijders, the virus spreads out only slowly. Users will meanwhile good on the height its of the dangers and plain fizzy drink-to-that antivirussoftware have turn.