Microsoft deflects Linux backers' virus attack
WinInfo | at | by Mike
A variant of the computer virus that knocked SCO Group's Web site off the Internet earlier this week had no effect on Microsoft's Web site yesterday, causing security experts to describe the virus, MyDoom.B, as "poorly written." Analysts were concerned that the MyDoom variant would flood the Internet's DNSs with requests for Microsoft's Web site, making the site unavailable to users. But unlike the earlier attack on SCO's Web site, the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on Microsoft's Web site never really got off the ground.
The creators of MyDoom clearly attacked SCO because it is involved in a high-profile and high-stakes battle with Linux backers such as IBM and Novell. Microsoft--well, Microsoft is Microsoft. Who's next?