KingFish
19 Oct 2004, 2:29am
Antivirus companies are perplexed by a spate of recent viruses that contain messages in which the writers threaten to attack them.
Worm writers are threatening to attack antivirus companies F-Secure, Symantec, Trend Micro and McAfee. In the latest version of MyDoom--MyDoom.AE--the authors embedded a message ridiculing rival worm Netsky and promising to attack the antivirus companies. The message has left antivirus companies unsure of what to expect. "It remains to be seen what they mean by threatening to attack us," said Mikko Hypponen, director of antivirus research for F-Secure. "That might mean a denial-of-service attack. We've been a target before, but they haven't tried any recently."
Source: ZDNet (http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5415086.html)
Worm writers are threatening to attack antivirus companies F-Secure, Symantec, Trend Micro and McAfee. In the latest version of MyDoom--MyDoom.AE--the authors embedded a message ridiculing rival worm Netsky and promising to attack the antivirus companies. The message has left antivirus companies unsure of what to expect. "It remains to be seen what they mean by threatening to attack us," said Mikko Hypponen, director of antivirus research for F-Secure. "That might mean a denial-of-service attack. We've been a target before, but they haven't tried any recently."
Source: ZDNet (http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5415086.html)