Mylife (computer worm)

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MyLife, discovered by MessageLabs in 2002,[1][2] is a computer worm that spreads itself by sending email to the addresses found in Microsoft Outlook's contacts list. Written in Visual Basic, it displays an image of a girl holding a flower while it attempts to delete files with certain filename extensions. It is named for a phrase appearing in the subject lines of the emails it sends. A variant, MyLife.B, also called the Bill Clinton worm, instead uses a subject line "bill caricature" and displays a cartoon image of Bill Clinton playing a saxophone.[3][4] Several additional variants have been reported.[5][6][7]

[edit] References

  1. ^ W32.MyLife@mm, Symantec, updated February 13, 2007.
  2. ^ MyLife Worm, About.com.
  3. ^ W32.MyLife.B, About.com.
  4. ^ Virus alert: Beware Bill Clinton worm. Computer Weekly, March 22, 2002.
  5. ^ MyLife variant viruses spawned over Easter, ZDNet, April 2, 2002.
  6. ^ Undead virus infects the dim-witted, The Register, April 2, 2002.
  7. ^ A new form of computer worm may slip past antivirus scanners, Wall Street Journal, April 26, 2002.
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