Subscriber Advisory on MyDoom/Novarg Worm
January 29, 2004

A new computer virus/worm called MyDoom or Novarg was discovered to have been infecting computers worldwide in the past couple of days. It spreads via mass-email as an attachment with file extensions of .bat, .cmd, .exe, .pif, .scr, and .zip.

This worm affects the following operating systems: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP. This worm can also spread through the P2P file-sharing network Kazaa.

We urge you to check your computers to determine if you have been infected by this worm, and most of all avoid opening suspicious email attachments. Also, update your computer virus protection.

You can visit the following site for more information on the said virus: http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/01/26/mydoom.worm Symantec Removal Tool: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/ w32.novarg.a@mm.removal.tool.html Download the FxNovarg.exe file from: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/FxNovarg.exe

Should you need further technical assistance, contact Mozcom's Customer Service Department at 848-2606 (Manila); 253-0013 (Cebu); 221-1462 (Davao); 443-9502 (Baguio).