Microsoft announced on Thursday that it will offer $250,000 for information leading to the capture and conviction of the individual or group responsible for the release of MyDoom.B.
The original MyDoom virus started spreading on Monday and quickly swamped the Internet. The MyDoom.B variant appeared on Wednesday and, among other things, prevents an infected PC from accessing some Microsoft Web sites and targets Microsoft's main Web site with a denial-of-service attack due to start on Feb. 1. "When we looked at the B variant, we found it to be much more malicious," said Sean Sundwall, a spokesman for the software giant. "It's not that we think the person who wrote the original (virus) is not just as culpable."
The reward is the third time Microsoft has posted a $250,000 "Wanted" sign on the Internet. Read on at ZdNet
The original MyDoom virus started spreading on Monday and quickly swamped the Internet. The MyDoom.B variant appeared on Wednesday and, among other things, prevents an infected PC from accessing some Microsoft Web sites and targets Microsoft's main Web site with a denial-of-service attack due to start on Feb. 1. "When we looked at the B variant, we found it to be much more malicious," said Sean Sundwall, a spokesman for the software giant. "It's not that we think the person who wrote the original (virus) is not just as culpable."
The reward is the third time Microsoft has posted a $250,000 "Wanted" sign on the Internet. Read on at ZdNet
