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Mydoom.G | |
Threat Level DamageDistribution |
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| Common name: | Mydoom.G |
| Technical name: | W32/Mydoom.G.worm |
| Threat level: | Low |
| Type: | Worm |
| Effects: | It launches Distributed Denial of Service attacks against the website www.symantec.com. |
| Affected platforms:
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Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95 |
| Detection updated on: | April 16, 2007 |
| Statistics | No |
Proactive protection: | Yes, using TruPrevent Technologies
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Brief Description | |
Mydoom.G is a worm that spreads via e-mail in a message with variable characteristics. Mydoom.G launches DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks against the website www.symantec.com. It does this by launching GET/ HTTP/ 1.1 requests every 1,024 milliseconds. |
Visible Symptoms | |
Mydoom.G is easy to recognize once it has affected the computer, as it opens the Windows Notepad and shows junk data. |