One in every 74 e-mail messages on the Internet yesterday carried a new strain of the Sober virus, estimates one security analyst. Although the new Sober variant spread quickly, security experts said that existing anti-virus programs should be able to scrub most infected messages because this virus strain shares characteristics with prior versions, characteristics that make it easy for the virus fighting programs to identify the malware and quarantine it.
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New Virus Strain Spreads Swiftly Through E-Mail
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. November 23, 2005 07:46 AMOne in every 74 e-mail messages on the Internet yesterday carried a new strain of the Sober virus, estimates one security analyst. Although the new Sober variant spread quickly, security experts said that existing anti-virus programs should be able to scrub most infected messages because this virus strain shares characteristics with prior versions, characteristics that make it easy for the virus fighting programs to identify the malware and quarantine it.