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June 18, 2011 12:05 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/l54QdsHHsk0/After-7-Years-MyDoom-Worm-Is-Still-Spreading
After 7 Years, MyDoom Worm Is Still Spreading
An anonymous reader writes "Researchers at Sophos have revealed that the MyDoom worm, which spread via email and launched denial-of-service attacks against websites belonging to SCO and Microsoft, is still spreading on the internet after more than seven years in existence. The firm suggests, tongue-in-cheek, that it would be nice if computer users updated their anti-virus software at least once every 5 years to combat the malware threat."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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