It appears that whoever wrote Zotob had access to the Mytob source code, ripped out the e-mail-spreading section, and plugged in the Microsoft exploit. The Mytob worms have made a significant impact on the virus outbreak charts this year, so anything which may prevent future variants from being developed and released must be welcomed.
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It's important that businesses and home users ensure they are properly protected with automatically updated anti-virus software, and never open unsolicited email attachments. The criminals behind these viruses and Trojan horses don't stop just because it's the holiday season. They are counting on people returning in the New Year and not thinking before opening their email.
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There should be no need for anyone to pay the reward. It looks like this password was deliberately chosen by the author in an attempt to fool analysts into thinking it was a directory path instead.
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If we joined, we couldn't share any identifying information about MARA members, so if we found someone in the group publishing virus source code, or co-authoring articles with known virus writers, we couldn't divulge that information.
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He said the Trojan horse is written in visual basic and doesn't appear to be connected to any other well-known malware . It's more of a quirky piece of malware than a significant threat, ... Obviously, some people might construe it as a good Trojan because it blocks access to some adult sites and displays passages from the Koran. But from our point of view, no malware is good malware.
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It wouldn't surprise me if this didn't get the interest of the hacker community.
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