New virus attacks SCO

A new virus, known as "Mydoom" or "Novarg", has begun spreading across the net, discussing itself as an email error message. "A small file is attached that, when launched on computers running Microsoft's Windows operating systems, can send out 100 infected e-mail messages in 30 seconds to e-mail addresses stored in the computer's address book and other documents. The attack was first noticed Monday afternoon. Within hours, thousands of e-mails were clogging networks, said Vincent Gullotto, vice president of Network Associates' antivirus emergency response team." The word on what exactly this worm does is varied, some say as above that it is a backdoor, while others say it has a keylogger. Others yet say it is timed to attack SCO's web site on February 1.