Maxtec Peripherals has announced that its range of real time network protection products, Fortinet, has managed to effectively block the MyDoom e-mail worm.
Perry Hutton, product manager at Maxtec, says that MyDoom, which surfaced on Monday afternoon (10 February 2004), has managed to attack one in nine e-mail messages sent globally since its release. "MyDoom is threatening to overtake the Sobig.F virus as the most threatening worm of all time," he says.
"Fortinet users, however, have experienced no infections at all to date," he adds. "The Fortinet product, which incorporates numerous security features including anti-virus, VPN and firewall capabilities, was launched this month and has provided end users with secure transmission and storage of their data."
Hutton says that MyDoom carries multiple malicious payloads, including the ability to turn MyDoom infected machines into transparent proxies to launch other attacks. The worm listens for commands on TCP/IP port 3127, effectively awaiting further instructions from the virus author.
"The comprehensive security features found in the Fortinet product have successfully managed to avoid this type of malicious damage thereby fulfilling its promise to provide real time network protection and greater security defense against viruses like MyDoom."
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