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New virus WORST ever! Please Read!
Name: Wet Chicken Date: August 21, 2003 at 16:34:27 Pacific OS: Win ME CPU/Ram: Pent II 300
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Think the net has been a little slow lately? It's not your imagination. A new virus is called "SoBig" is really causing a lot of problems! They are saying it could be one of the worst viruses ever. You can read about it here:
Name: Wet Chicken Date: August 21, 2003 at 17:45:19 Pacific
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This is a new version! It is not w32.sobig.a it is w32.sobig.F! Each version gets progressively worse.
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Response Number 4
Name: wawadave Date: August 21, 2003 at 22:31:15 Pacific
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about the only thing it has thats worse is its mimicing the klez in its spoofing of emails addys.
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Response Number 5
Name: frank Date: August 22, 2003 at 13:48:11 Pacific
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Hi Everyone, I am not sure if the cleansing program that majorgeeks has is related to this newer version of this virus, but, it is available (free) from majorgeeks. I have downloaded it and hope I don't have occasion to use it, frank
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Response Number 6
Name: JackG Date: August 23, 2003 at 00:19:28 Pacific
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This new one seems to be a lot worse, because it has its own e-mail sending server program built in. It does not have to depend on your (or any other) e-mail server. This way it can send out more copies faster.
AND, the receiver can NOT TRACE it back to the IP address of the sending account! All the infected e-mail contain the same "source" IP address.
With other virus, the e-mail gets sent to a server, which adds an entry to the header that identifies the actual IP address the "raw" e-mail came from. This new one bypasses this step.
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Response Number 7
Name: Wet Chicken Date: August 23, 2003 at 12:55:13 Pacific
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Symantec has just rated the W32.Sobig.F@mm Virus to Category 4, Severe!
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