ur about 2 weeks behind the news, dude. Symantec has had an antidote for a
week. And sending crap like that to a mail list is really annoying.

Mark

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Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 2:31 AM
To: SERVLET-INTEREST@(protected)
Subject: Virus Alert !!


W32/Sobig.f@(protected)
A new variant of W32/Sobig, W32/Sobig.f@(protected).
It arrives as an email attachment with a .pif or .scr extension. When run,
it infects the host computer, then emails itself (using its own SMTP engine)
to harvested email addresses from the victim's machine. In addition, when it
propagates, the worm "spoofs" the "from: field", using one of the harvested
email addresses. So exercise care when opening emails with attachments. An
infected email can come from addresses you recognize.

Because it sends so many emails, a worm like Sobig also saps bandwidth and
slows network performance. Worse, it can also open up a user's computer
port, making it vulnerable to hackers, who can plant dangerous Trojans.
These malicious programs often let unauthorized users remotely take over a
system, steal personal information or use the infected PC to send spam.


What are the common subject lines, attachment names and message content
associated with W32/Sobig.f@(protected)?

Subject:

*   Your details Thank you!
*   Re: Thank you!
*   Re: Details
*   Re: Re: My details
*   Re: Approved
*   Re: Your application
*   Re: Wicked screensaver
*   Re: That movie
*   Re: That movie

Attachment:

*   your_document.pif
*   document_all.pif
*   thank_you.pif
*   your_details.pif
*   details.pif
*   document_9446.pif
*   application.pif
*   wicked_scr.scr
*   movie0045.pif


Body:

*   See the attached file for details
*   Please see the attached file for details

Rgds,
Vijay


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