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My Doom Virus

The Doom virus

What does it mean

The My doom virus (also known as a worm and as Win 32. My doom. A) was a very damaging computer virus that affected Microsoft Windows-based computers. The worm was spread through mass emailing, disguised as badly sent email.

• When did the virus cause problems?

The virus was found to be a threat on January 26, 2004. The virus quickly spread and proved a threat to the SCI group. To try and get the public to catch the maker of the virus, the SCI group offered $250,000 U.S. dollars as a reward for catching the creator. Another type of the virus, My doom.

• When did the virus cause problems?

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• How did it spread?

How did it spread?

My Doom spread through e-mail and peer-to-peer networks. According to the security firm Message Labs, one in every 12 e-mail messages carried the virus at one time [source: BBC]. Like the Klee virus, My Doom could spoof e-mails so that it became very difficult to track the source of the infection.

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• Who did it affect the computers and how many computers did it affect?

• Who did it affect

Microsoft offers US $250,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the creator of My doom. B. 1 February 2004: An estimated one million computers around the world infected with My doom begin the virus's massive distributed denial of service attack—the largest such attack to date.

• What did it do/what were the effects of the virus and consequences?

• What did it do/what were the effects of the virus?

Effects. My doom caused many problems during its lifespan in 2004. It caused web speeds to slow by about 50%. At the peak of the infection, My doom made for one in twelve emails sent.

• Who made it?

Virus is basically a whole new game created by James Cress well (Phobos), being made within the Z doom engine

• Who made it?

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National Security Agency warns Windows users (473,000 views)

Cyber security

The final entry in this top 10 of cybersecurity stories that caught your attention across 2019 is directly related to number three in the list. Yep, it's another Blue Keep warning. On Jun 7, I reported how the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) had urged Microsoft Windows users to update now if their systems were not fully patched. This after Microsoft had already issued multiple update now warnings itself, such was the seriousness of the Blue Keep threat. I would expect, as older Windows operating system versions reach the end of life and end of support but not end of use, we will see more such threats emerging.

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