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Article: Doomjuice shows that viruses don't just spread by email, says Sophos.
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- M2 Presswire
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- February 10, 2004
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M2 PRESSWIRE-10 February 2004-SOPHOS: Doomjuice shows that viruses don't just spread by email, says Sophos(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Virus experts at Sophos have warned of a new worm called Doomjuice (W32/Doomjuice-A), which travels via the internet looking to attack computers which are infected with the MyDoom-A worm. The Doomjuice worm does not travel by email.
As part of its infection process, MyDoom-A opened a backdoor onto compromised PCs, which virus experts warned could be used to upload or download files. Doomjuice takes advantage of computers which were left vulnerable after a MyDoom infection. It uses computers ...