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Elsewhere on the Web • F-Secure Description • MessageLabs ThreatList

Discovered on April 2, 2002, the MyLife.F worm quickly gained momentum, reaching the number three spot on the MessageLabs ThreatList within 24 hours of its initial discovery. Affecting mainly users in Great Britain, the worm also spread in the U.S. and Australia. MyLife.F makes use of little social engineering, aside from a bogus promise that the email is clean. Following the theme of its predecessor, MyLife.B, the worm carries the message:

========No Viruse Found========
MCAFEE.COM

and like its predecessor, it is, of course, an email worm. In this instance, words can hurt you as it may lead to a sense of false security.

MyLife.F arrives in an email with the subject line of 'the list' and body text that reads:

Hiiiii
How are youuuuuuuu?
look to the notepad it's vvvery verrrry ffffunny :-) :-)
i promise you will love it :-)
Notepad = list
list = 37
buyyyy

========No Viruse Found========
         MCAFEE.COM