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Sober Virus Making Rounds
John Stith
Staff Writer
2006-01-04
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In the midst of all it's other problems right now, Microsoft published an advisory regarding the Win32/Sober virus. It seems somewhat minor, but the cyber criminals never give people a break.
The worm is a mass mailer type that tries to get users to click on the included link or open the attached file. If the system gets infected, the malware is programmed to download and run nasty little files from certain web domains starting on January 6. They said, "Beginning approximately every two week thereafter, the worm is set to begin downloading and running malicious files from additional sites."
Microsoft's Security Response Center Blog provided some great information. They went on to say they've added detection for the latest Sober variants into the Malicious Software Removal Tool and the Windows Live Safety Center. The fix itself will go through the security update on January 10th.
About the Author:
John is a staff writer for SecurityProNews covering cyber security.
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