Sober Resurfaces Again

Released on = October 6, 2005, 11:23 pm

Press Release Author = MicroWorld

Industry = Computers

Press Release Summary = MicroWorld reports a new variant of the Sober mass mailing found in the wild.

Press Release Body = A new variant of the Sober mass mailing worm has been found in the wild. The new worm uses its own SMTP engine to send out emails. The worm collects the email addresses from the infected computer and then sends itself as an attachment to these email addresses.

The email that is sent out is in both in English or in German. It sends
out an email in German when finds that the domain of the email address is either

de (Germany),
ch (Switzerland),
at (Austria) or
li (Liechtenstein).

The new worm has no destructive effects and only displays a fake error message when it is run.

For more information on this new worm please visit -
http://www.mwti.net/virus_info/virusalertd.asp?id

Web Site = http://www.mwti.net

Contact Details = Plot No 80 Road No 15 marol Andheri(e)Mumbai
Maharashtra Phone +91-22-28265701