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Sobig Worm Stomps On PCs
News Sobig is a mass-mailing worm incorporating its own SMTP engine, according to antivirus companies. Antivirus experts are warning of a new virus, code-named W32/Sobig.A, which was discovered late last week and spread rapidly over the weekend.
[January 13, 2003, 12:37]
Help & HowTo: Sobig.e Worm
News Because Sobig.e spreads via email and network share and may steal personal information such as passwords, this worm rates a 6 on the ZDNet Virus Meter The latest in a family of Sobig worms is loose on the Internet.
[June 26, 2003, 10:20]
Third Sobig Worm Strikes, And More May Follow
News A variant of the Sobig worm appeared over the weekend and is now spreading rapidly. To find out how to remove the Sobig.C worm from your system, click here. Like its predecessor, Sobig.B, also known as Palyh or Mankx, the current worm also connects...
[June 2, 2003, 15:28]
Sobig Virus Rampage Targets UK
News The surge in email messages containing the worm pushed Sobig.C to the top position on the UK company's list of most prevalent threats. The third variant of the Sobig worm really adds nothing new, said Vincent Gullotto, vice president of the...
[June 4, 2003, 8:00]
Help & HowTo: Sobig.C
News Sobig.C (w32.sobig.c@mm) is a variant of the Sobig worm and arrives by email with an attached file; it also spreads using shared network files. Because Sobig.C spreads via email and network share but doesn't damage system files, this worm rates a 4...
[June 2, 2003, 16:13]
Networks Crippled By Worms' Onslaught
News Nachi, the problematic fixer worm, and Sobig.F, the worst mass-mailing computer virus to date, continued to flood some corporate networks and email servers on Thursday. The Pentagon and military had myriad infections of the Sobig.F virus and the...
[August 22, 2003, 8:45]
SoBig.D Only Small So Far, Says CA
News The newest variant of the SoBig worm, SoBig.D, doesn't represent a serious threat, despite claims to the contrary, according to Computer Associates' manager of virus research Jakub Kaminski. Antivirus vendors have updated their detection signatures...
[June 19, 2003, 8:33]
FBI Tracks Worm Writers
News The FBI is "confident" that it will capture those who are responsible for creating and spreading the MSBlast worm and the Sobig.F virus, the bureau said on Tuesday. Companies and home computer users have had to deal with the MSBlast worm -- also...
[August 27, 2003, 8:35]
New Sobig Strain Hijacks PCs To Relay Spam
News Initial analysis by antivirus companies indicated that the mass-mailing computer worm, called Sobig.E, doesn't have a malicious payload. A new variant of the Sobig virus started spreading on Wednesday, raising the spectre that spammers will have a...
[June 26, 2003, 7:55]
Sobig Rears Its Head Again
News The new worm, codenamed W32/Sobig.F-mm, appeared on Monday, according to the firm. The Sobig email virus that caused havoc two months ago has reappeared in a virulent new form, according to email service provider MessageLabs.
[August 19, 2003, 14:45]
The Archers Fans Ploughed By Email Virus
News The broadcaster has confirmed that The Archers fans were sent the Sobig worm, which scans a hard drive for email addresses and attempts to send itself to any addresses it finds, according to Sophos. Most antivirus vendors released protection...
[February 4, 2003, 12:40]
Next Sobig Outbreak 'overdue'
News The frequency of previous Sobig variant infections suggests we should be bracing ourselves for the next iteration of the fast-spreading worm any day now. Pete Simpson, ThreatLab manager at Clearswift, said: "Sobig was the sixth in a series of...
[September 18, 2003, 11:50]
Bagle.a: Prevention And Cure
News Bagle (Bagle.a@mm) looks like yet another worm designed by spammers, much like Sobig and MiMail. Like Sobig, it contains a built-in expiration date; in this case, it's 28 January, 2004. Despite flaws in its programming, a new mass-mailing email...
[January 21, 2004, 9:35]
Microsoft Puts Price On Virus Writers' Heads
News Microsoft will announce on Wednesday that it will offer two $250,000 (£148,960) bounties for information that leads to the arrest of the people who released the MSBlast worm and the SoBig virus, CNET News.com has learned.
[November 5, 2003, 7:35]
Worm And Virus Overload Networks
News Administrators at MIT had to deal with blocking the avalanche of copies of the Sobig.F worm. The Sobig variant isn't all that different from previous versions of the worm. Meanwhile, a new variant of the mass-mailing Sobig virus, called W32/Sobig.F...
[August 20, 2003, 8:35]
W32.Sobig.F@mm Removal Tool
Downloads W32.Sobig.F@mm is a mass-mailing, network-aware worm that sends itself to all the email addresses it finds in the files that have the following extensions: .dbx, .eml, .hlp, .htm, .html, .mht, .wab, .txt.
[August 22, 2003, 1:49]
Virus Round-up: Treble Trouble
News And now a new version of the old Sobig mass-mailing worm has begun infecting many systems with its own brand of mischief. Corporate networks worldwide are struggling under the double burden of the "good" MSBlast variant and a new version of the...
[August 22, 2003, 15:10]
Sobig.F Prevention And Cure
News Sobig.F (w32.sobig.f@mm) spreads via email and shared network files and could slow email servers with excessive traffic, so it rates a 7 on the ZDNet Virus Meter. Like its siblings, Sobig.F has a built-in termination date, 10 September, 2003, and...
[August 20, 2003, 9:25]
FBI Near Arrest In MSBlast Case
News The FBI had earlier said it was "confident" that it will capture those who are responsible for creating and spreading the MSBlast worm and the Sobig.F virus. Companies and home computer users have had to deal with the MSBlast worm -- also known as...
[August 29, 2003, 9:00]
MyDoom Crowned 'worst Ever'
News F-Secure estimated that the worm was accounting for 20 percent to 30 percent of worldwide email traffic Wednesday, putting it well ahead of previous nasties, such as the SoBig.F worm. That compares with a total of 33 million infections and a peak...
[January 29, 2004, 7:45]
