A Return to What Works
I remember the good old days of computer viruses, when they were simple little executables, kind of cute really, that would delete files or format hard drives or something equally innane. Nowadays, of course, viruses send off emails to people you don't even know, or haven't had contact with in years, asking them to join the hottest, newest webcam porn site out there (which will no longer be hot or new after two weeks or so).

And now here comes MyDoom.F, the newest variant of the increasingly poorly-named MyDoom trilogy, which propogates itself through email (after all, who uses discs any more?) and attempts to use infected computers to launch denial of service attacks on websites for both Microsoft and the Recording Industry Association of America.

But here's the kicker: in an obvious nod to past greats like the Michelangelo virus, MyDoom.F also deletes files. Random Microsoft Word files, and pictures and movies as well, but it deletes them all the same. It's nice to see a virus with a sense of nostalgia now and again. Kids these days don't remember the past, it seems.

Can the return of the infamous anti.exe be far behind?