Following on from the successful Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on the SCO website, virus experts are predicting that the MyDoom-B virus is unlikely to succeed in taking down Microsoft's website.
Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos, had the following to say about the virus:
"The very small number of reports of MyDoom-B suggests that the attack on Microsoft will fail, and that you are more likely to have seen it in the newspaper headlines than in your email inbox. However, this is no reason for complacency. All computer users should ensure they are protected against the latest viruses attacks - the MyDoom-A worm, for instance, still poses a significant threat."
The MyDoom-B virus, the payload of which is set to go off tomorrow, the 3rd of February, has not been ranked as a wide spread virus as the number of infected computers reported is relatively low, especially in comparison with the MyDoom-A variant which was estimated to have infected 1 in 12 e-mails at it's peak.
Over one million computers took part in the attack on the SCO site, which started on Sunday night, but far fewer are expected to participate in the attack on the Microsoft site.
As always we highly recommend that you ensure that your virus definitions are as up to date as possible, these are usually available from your virus manufacturer's website.
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