> Yes. It is bad. Thank you for asking. >
> Seriously, how many people were inconvenienced by this virus? And is it
> a legitimate tactic to launch a DOS attack against websites because you
> disagree with their owners or their content? Bad precedent, I think.
>
> [disclaimer] I will be more than happy to see SCO go down in flames. I
> would prefer to see it happen as a direct result of their ill-considered
> actions. It will happen soon enough.
Unfortunately, the DDoS against SCO (from MyDoom.a) and Microsoft (MyDoom.b) are
actually secondary effects of the virus. The primary, according to articles
I've seen on securityfocus and other sites is actually to turn pc's into spam
gateways.
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