Chris was kind enough to leave me the link to info on the new MyDoom.B variant in the comments. Looks like this sucker will launch an attack at Microsoft instead of SCO, and will mess with your host file to try and keep you from getting AV updates. Nasty little bugger.
Thanks Chris, it’s always nice when good information finds it’s way here instead of me having to look for it! 🙂
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