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By Mary Landesman, About.com Guide to Antivirus Software since 2000

MyDoom SCOs, takes Caldera, too

Sunday February 1, 2004
In what amounts to a virtual TKO, the MyDoom worm knocked down both the www.sco.com site as well as their sister site, www.caldera.com. Strangely enough, The SCO Group seemed to stand idly by, watching their servers fall rather than proactively taking action. The attack continues until February 12th. Meanwhile, infection rates continue to rise at unprecedented rates, prompting vendors to call MyDoom the worst email worm in history. Find out how this worm became so prevalent so fast and whether your antivirus vendor reacted quickly enough.
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Also see: F-Secure log of SCO shakedown
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