Sobig.e virus spreads fast
News The latest variant of the Sobig virus continued to spread on Thursday, underscoring how mass-mailing computer viruses can still be a nuisance. In the past 24 hours, the virus, known as Sobig.e, mainly has affected US computer users, according to...
[June 27, 2003, 7:27]
Help & HowTo: Sobig.e worm
News The latest in a family of Sobig worms is loose on the Internet. Sobig.e (w32.sobig.e@mm) arrives by email with an attached file and also spreads using shared network files. Unlike previous variations of Sobig, this one uses subject headings...
[June 26, 2003, 10:20]
New Sobig strain hijacks PCs to relay spam
News A new variant of the Sobig virus started spreading on Wednesday, raising the spectre that spammers will have a host of new PCs to use as platforms for sending bulk email. Initial analysis by antivirus companies indicated that the mass-mailing...
[June 26, 2003, 7:55]
Spammers conscript home PCs to do dirty work
News The company has already pinpointed the recent Sobig virus, and previous variants as probable spammer creations. The latest Sobig.e variant opens a series of five ports through which the virus downloads additional software to turn the infected...
[June 27, 2003, 13:03]
Klez still surfing the virus top ten
News Second on the list was relative newcomer Sobig with 7.7 percent. W32/Sobig-A (Sobig worm) 7.7 percent Klez has claimed a remarkable thirteenth month in the top 10 list of most frequently occurring viruses -- raising concerns about the vigilance of...
[March 3, 2003, 16:04]
Help & HowTo: Sobig.C
News Sobig.C is loose on the Internet and has spread to over 80 countries since its release on 31 May, 2003. 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.
[June 2, 2003, 16:13]
Internet bugs blight growth
News In addition, the computer virus SoBig.F spread to a projected tens of thousands of computers worldwide, producing an avalanche of spam as it attempted to infect more computers. In sending those messages, the SoBig.F worm caused the number of DNS...
[October 14, 2003, 9:00]
Sobig.F is 'worst variant yet'
News The latest variant of the Sobig virus has the ability to spread across file-sharing networks as well as by email, making it the worst strain yet, experts warned on Tuesday afternoon. Email service provider MessageLabs has already detected 60,000...
[August 19, 2003, 18:15]
Klez still dominates the virus top 10
News W32/Sobig-A (Sobig worm) 3.3 per cent Yet again Klez was the most common source of virus reports during the month of April, as measured by anti-virus firm Sophos. However, while many of the most prolific viruses have been doing the rounds for...
[April 30, 2003, 13:31]
Sobig.F prevention and cure
Talkback I found over 140 e-mails from Sobig in my in-tray this morning. Is there a patch available to deter the virus?
[August 22, 2003, 0:29]
Sobig.F prevention and cure
Talkback i use a web based e-mail account and that has been overrun with returned e-mail messages all with the sobig attatched files.i traced the original connection to where they came from and it was someone using a static ip address (adsl/broadband/cable...
[September 10, 2003, 13:18]
Third Sobig worm strikes, and more may follow
News A variant of the Sobig worm appeared over the weekend and is now spreading rapidly. This is the third Sobig variant to hit the Internet this year, and security experts believe more variants may already be in the pipeline.
[June 2, 2003, 15:28]
Sobig.F is 'worst variant yet'
Talkback Check out http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sobig.f@mm.html for more info. The worm uses false e-mail addresses when he copies itself--that is, it looks like it's coming from you, when it actually is stemming off someone...
[August 22, 2003, 15:00]
Viruses: Could your business be liable?
News Last summer saw an unprecedented onslaught on computer systems worldwide by three viruses: Blaster, Nachi and Sobig. The volume of email generated by Sobig -- the fastest-spreading virus ever -- forced some ISPs to take their services down for a...
[January 6, 2004, 9:25]
'Clean up this Internet effluent now'
News Just to put a mark on that, 66 percent of the spam that we're now intercepting is coming from open proxies -- these are machines that have been infected with Trojans similar to those dropped with viruses such as Sobig, Fizzer or MyDoom.
[May 7, 2004, 16:10]
Small firms rush to sell online
News It also found that spam and viruses are the main reasons why some SMEs are reluctant to get involved with e-business -- concerns that are unlikely to have diminished following the arrival of the Sobig-F worm.
[August 26, 2003, 14:10]
Microsoft says virus writer bounties are working
News David Aucsmith, security architect and chief technology officer for Microsoft's security business unit, revealed on Tuesday that the $5m reward fund has yielded information that could lead to the capture of the writers of MSBlast, Sobig-F and...
[February 24, 2004, 16:50]
Sobig.F prevention and cure
Talkback My suggestion as an IT Manager is to configure your Mail Server or email client to remove all attachments that can contain executable instructions, i.e. EXE .SCR .VBS .COM .BAT .PIF etc If you virus scan all the attachments you recieve you should...
[August 26, 2003, 15:40]
Sobig.F prevention and cure
Talkback I have a new computer with windows xp, today I was sent around 40 e-mails with th`re-details` and `wicked screensaver` . I didn't attempt to see any `attatchments` I just opened a few e-mails until I cottoned on.
[August 21, 2003, 22:20]
Christmas number one virus plays on
News W32/Zafi-D: 30.8 percent (Third month at number one)W32/Netsky-P: 22.3 percentW32/Zafi-B: 9.7 percentW32/Bagle-BK: 5.2 percent (New entry)W32/Netsky-D: 4.2 percentW32/Netsky-Z: 3.8 percentW32/Sober-K: 3.4 percent (New entry)W32/Sobig-F: 2.5...
[March 2, 2005, 13:40]
