Microsoft KB Archive/836007

= Virus alert about the Mydoom and Doomjuice worm variants for Outlook and Outlook Express products =

Article ID: 836007

Article Last Modified on 2/6/2007

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APPLIES TO

 Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition Microsoft Outlook 2002 Standard Edition Microsoft Outlook 98 Standard Edition Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0 Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5</li> Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0, when used with: <ul> Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)</li></ul>

<ul> Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition</li></ul>

<ul> Microsoft Windows XP Professional</li></ul>

<ul> Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition</li></ul>

<ul> Microsoft Windows 2000 Server</li></ul>

<ul> Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition</li></ul>

<ul> Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51</li></ul>

<ul> Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition</li></ul>

<ul> Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition</li></ul> </li></ul>

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SUMMARY
The Microsoft Product Support Services Security Team is issuing this alert to inform customers about the new Mydoom and Doomjuice worm variants. This worm appears to be spreading. Best practices, such as not opening e-mail attachments until they are confirmed to be safe, can help to prevent infection from this worm. Review the information, and then take the appropriate action for your environment. For more information about this alert, visit one or more of the following Microsoft Web sites. <ul> IT Professional alert:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/alerts/mydoom.mspx

</li> Consumer alert:

http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/mydoom.mspx

</li></ul>

Additional query words: mydoom.a mydoom.b suppport@microsoft.com www.microsoft.com microsoft.com web-based email Mydoom Doomjuice worm

Keywords: kbupdateissue kbsecurity kbvirus KB836007

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