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From discovery of the first Mytob infection in February 26, 2005 to April 14, Kaspersky Labs had identified 26 different variants, with 6 variants appearing in 2 days time. Link |
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The Bube infector (ISearch), which hit around February 2005, acts as a facilitator, downloading anywhere from 15 to 75 Megabytes of additional advertising software. In addition to the staggering size of the downloads, explorer.exe was infected, making removal nearly impossible. ~groove’s lab |
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[…] we speculate that a plausible worst-case worm could cause $50 billion
or more in direct economic damage by attacking widely used services in MicrosoftWindows and carrying a highly destructive payload. Nicholas Weaver, Vern Paxson |
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