SCO set 250,000 dollars on head virus maker
The MyDoom-virus so has been programmed that one so-called denial or service (Thu) attack exports on the domain Sco. com. SCO is the last ten months say been attack to own various times the victim of DDoS-.
By a DDoS-attack from a large number of computers, false requests information is sent to a site. The servers succumb then under the a lot of information request, through which 'usual' visitors reach can the site no longer.
SCO is all considerable time involved in a 'trenches war' with the Linux-community. SCO claims the copyright on a part of the source code of Linux. According to the Linux-community is the claim nowhere on based.
SCO is not the first commit that announces a reward from to praise at the one who information can provide that leads till the arrest of a virus maker. Microsoft did last year a comparable call.
Microsoft praised also 250,000 dollars from for information about the makers of Sobig. F and Blaster. The original Blaster-virus so had been programmed that one Thu-attack exported on Windowsupdate. com. The call of Microsoft is until now closed however without result. The makers of Sobig. F and (the first version of) Blaster have not been abouttaken.
Kazaa
Meanwhile calls Kazaa users on the newest version of the uitwisselprogramma to install. MyDoom spreads out except of via e-mail also via Kazaa. Version 2.6 of Kazaa contain protection against computer viruses.