PSS Security Response Team Alert - W32/Mydoom
SEVERITY: MODERATE
DATE: January 26, 2004
UPDATED: January 11, 2005
PRODUCTS AFFECTED: Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook Express, and Web-based e-mail
IMPACT OF ATTACK: Mass Mailing, Denial of Service
WHAT IS IT?
W32/Mydoom spreads via e-mail. The Microsoft Product Support Services Security Team is issuing this alert to advise customers to be on the alert for this virus as it spreads in the wild. Customers are advised to review the information and take the appropriate action for their environments.
TECHNICAL DETAILS:
For the latest technical updates from Microsoft on W32/Mydoom, view the following:
Malicious Software Encyclopedia
Details: Win32/Mydoom: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=37020&name=Win32/Mydoom
Please contact your Antivirus Vendor for additional details on this virus.
PSS Security Response Team
