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MyDoom Is Spreading 59 Percent Faster Than SoBig.F, Making It the Fastest-Spreading Email Worm in Internet History; MX Logic Is Blocking MyDoom In One Out Of every Six Emails It Processes; For SoBig.F, It Was One in Twelve
DENVER, Jan 29, 2004 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- MX Logic, Inc., a leading provider of
advanced email protection and security solutions including spam and virus
filtering, has determined the MyDoom worm is the fastest propagating email worm
in Internet history.
As of 12:50 PM ET, on behalf of its more than 900 customers, the company:
-- Has blocked six million infected emails to date
-- For SoBig.F, 3.5 million emails for the same time period
-- Is currently intercepting 240,000 MyDoom infected emails per
hour
-- For SoBig.F, 90,000 emails per hour for the same time
period
-- Is currently intercepting every one in six emails it processes
-- For SoBig.F, it was one in twelve emails for the same time
period
"This is the fastest spreading worm in Internet history. It's apparent to us
that even with the broad media and industry attention, emails users will
continue to fall victim to the worm," said Scott Chasin, chief technology
officer, MX Logic. "At this point, we still have not seen the peak of the worm's
infection. It will be interesting to see what happens over the next few days,
especially after the first of February when the worm is expected to execute its
denial-of-service payload."
Also called "Novarg" or "WORM_MIMAIL.R," the MyDoom worm arrives in an email as
a .zip file attachment, which enables it to bypass traditional gateway filters,
and is typically named, for example, "document.zip," "message.zip," or
"readme.zip." It can have various extensions, including ".exe.," "pif,"
".command," or ".scr" attachment. Many times, the email will appear to be an
error report stating that the message body can't be displayed and has instead
been attached in a file.
When the included attachment is opened, the computer immediately plants a
"backdoor" program that lets the worm author send commands to the infected
machine, possibly instructing the worm to distribute spam or enable IP spoofing
capabilities. MyDoom propagates by harvesting victim email addresses from ten
different file types. Additionally, the worm is set to initiate a
denial-of-service attack against the domain sco.com Feb. 1, 2004, through Feb.
12, 2004.
MX Logic's Email Defense Service provides around-the-clock email protection,
automatically intercepting, analyzing and blocking malicious viruses and worms
at the network perimeter--before messages can enter or leave the internal
corporate network. In addition to unsolicited content blocking, MX Logic
provides double-protection virus defense powered by premier virus-scanning
engines that are updated in near-real time.
Powering MX Logic's Email Defense Service is MX Logic's Threat Center, a
sophisticated streaming data environment where MX Logic monitors the global
state of email communication, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and provides MX
Logic's customers with real-time updates and protection. Led by email security
experts with extensive experience in protecting messaging networks, the Threat
Center provides dynamic email defense--staying far ahead of the next attack by
continually incorporating information about the very latest spammer, virus and
worm tactics.
About MX Logic
MX Logic, Inc., provides advanced email protection and security solutions that
safeguard enterprises, service providers and government organizations from junk
email ("spam"), viruses, worms, malicious content and attachments, and other
harmful threats at the network perimeter. MX Logic's Email Defense solutions
allow organizations to easily configure and control their email protection and
security based on their overall corporate email policies. MX Logic's Stacked
Classification Framework(SM), its patent-pending, multi-layered spam detection
system that aggregates the five most effective spam filters and techniques in
the industry, enables highly effective spam sensitivity and an industry-leading
low false positive rate (legitimate email marked as spam). Developed by MX Logic
technologists who built and managed some of the world's largest messaging
networks, MX Logic's around-the-clock services reduce costs and enable IT
personnel to focus on their strategic business initiatives instead of spam and
email threat management. MX Logic, headquartered in Denver, is processing
millions of messages per day on behalf of its more than 900 customers. For more
information, visit www.mxlogic.com.
SOURCE: MX Logic
CONTACT: MX Logic
Elizabeth Mars, 720-895-5726
Mobile: 303-809-9750
Fax: 303-221-4930
emars@mxlogic.com
or
Jennifer Dulles Jansky, 303-722-9552
Mobile: 303-641-1057
Fax: 303-253-9763
jjansky@groundfloormedia.com
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