In the latest bizarre twist in the worm's development, authors included a detailed account of what MyDoom.Y does and how it works. This particular tactic has left antivirus vendors baffled.
"It's like they wanted to help us, which is weird," said Mikko Hypponen, director of antivirus research at F-Secure. "The photo could be making the point that MyDoom has won the virus war. But then again, Netsky was much more widespread than MyDoom."
The description of the virus included two signatures, Nemog and Zincite, which Hyponnen said he had seen before in back-door code. "We don't know whether they have been planted or not," he said.
Jaschan, who was recently charged by German police for creating several variants of the Netsky virus, is believed to be responsible for 70 percent of the virus infections that plagued Internet users in 2004.
Several new versions of MyDoom have popped up recently, prompting speculation among security experts that worm writers may be trying to improve on the earlier design of the potent Internet interloper. One version even included an apparent job request.
ZDNet UK's Dan Ilett reported from London. For more coverage from ZDNet UK, click here.
i wish that someone here in the states would educate the consumer on how to be aware of the various viruses and how to avoid them .although some of us have our own windows discs it creates a very difficult time for us to format and reinstall and some people don't know how to do it even with their own disc..at times these worms can distroy hard drives and burn out cpu chips sets which can be very costly to repair.does anybody have any info on this issue???