Antivirus experts report the new Sober-N worm is the most widespread virus in the wild. Sophos detected the Sober-N worm, which poses as tickets for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, in May. SophosLabs’ May 2005 report indicates that the bilingual Sober-N worm has rapidly spread across 40 countries — accounting for 4.5 percent of all e-mail. That puts it ahead of the infamous Zafi-D, which had dominated the top of the virus chart for the past five months.
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Sober Overtakes Zafi as Viral King
Posted by: Jennifer LeClaire June 1, 2005 01:10 PMAntivirus experts report the new Sober-N worm is the most widespread virus in the wild. Sophos detected the Sober-N worm, which poses as tickets for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, in May. SophosLabs’ May 2005 report indicates that the bilingual Sober-N worm has rapidly spread across 40 countries — accounting for 4.5 percent of all e-mail. That puts it ahead of the infamous Zafi-D, which had dominated the top of the virus chart for the past five months.