What Does Mydoom Mean?
Mydoom is a computer worm that affects Windows computers and was first identified in 2004. Mydoom is spread by email, using an attachment that uses a user’s address book to send copies of itself to other users. It has been blamed for several major slowdowns in internet traffic as the worm spread through infected computers.
Techopedia Explains Mydoom
Mydoom works by targeting a backdoor on port 3127 on unpatched versions of Microsoft Windows. The worm consists of an email attachment that searches for address book files and sends multiple copies of itself as email attachments in turn. This is one of the reasons users are urged to avoid opening unsolicited email attachments. Mydoom also spread via the Kazaa file sharing application.
