DavidR
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The MyDoom.L is just another varient of the MyDoom family. It doesn’t grow old or get superseded by the next varient, even the old ones are a threat to unprotected/vulnerable systems.
Much if the advice in the email your friend sent is still valid and informative, but as AV companies and Microsoft close vulnerabilities or provide protection, so the virus writers modify their work to try and get around that protection.