Sobig worm has returned and it is a little different.

PN · 08-20-2003, 05:48 PM

W32.Sobig.F@mm
Discovered on: August 18, 2003
Last Updated on: August 20, 2003 09:32:20 AM

NOTE: The worm de-activates on September 10, 2003. The last day on which the worm will spread is September 9, 2003.

Symantec Security Response has developed a removal tool to clean the infections of W32.Sobig.F@mm.

Also Known As: Sobig.F [F-Secure], W32/Sobig.f@MM [McAfee], WORM SOBIG.F [Trend], W32/Sobig-F [Sophos], Win32.Sobig.F [CA], I-Worm.Sobig.f [KAV]

Type: Worm
Infection Length: about 72,000 bytes

Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP
Systems Not Affected: Linux, Macintosh, OS/2, UNIX, Windows 3.x

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ven...obig.f@mm.html

[This message was edited by PN on 08-20-03 at 09:02 PM.]

08-20-2003, 05:48 PM	#1
PN Moderator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: California Posts: 5,589	Sobig worm has returned and it is a little different. W32.Sobig.F@mm Discovered on: August 18, 2003 Last Updated on: August 20, 2003 09:32:20 AM NOTE: The worm de-activates on September 10, 2003. The last day on which the worm will spread is September 9, 2003. Symantec Security Response has developed a removal tool to clean the infections of W32.Sobig.F@mm. Also Known As: Sobig.F [F-Secure], W32/Sobig.f@MM [McAfee], WORM SOBIG.F [Trend], W32/Sobig-F [Sophos], Win32.Sobig.F [CA], I-Worm.Sobig.f [KAV] Type: Worm Infection Length: about 72,000 bytes Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP Systems Not Affected: Linux, Macintosh, OS/2, UNIX, Windows 3.x http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ven...obig.f@mm.html [This message was edited by PN on 08-20-03 at 09:02 PM.]

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