darkool 0 Report post Posted May 3, 2005 The Trend Micron launched alert on the appearance of a new version of the celebrity virus Sober, arriving of this form at the variant S and that already it received the classification from being as a threat of average risk. This plague, is to spread quickly in Germany and the United States, and dissimulates to be an official message of the FIFA on the championship of World to carry through in 2006 in Germany. The contaminated email arrives at the user with an annexed malicious filing-cabinet where it is promised as being carrying of information on the Championship of the World and for such the user will have that to supply to a name of user and password that supposedly he would have to come in the attached filing-cabinet. After the execution of the filing-cabinet, the Sober.S is installed in the machine and exactly creates copies of itself in diverse folders of the system, besides searching the record in search of email addresses to continue its terrivel propagation. The Trend Micron recommends thus that all the users do not open strange messages e, above of everything, keeps softwares always actualizados antiviruses. To enhance the fact of virus Sober.S to only attack the operative systems Windows, of the Microsoft. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Glockmeister1405241492 0 Report post Posted May 3, 2005 Thanks for the heads-up mate. I'll look out for it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
insanity10117 0 Report post Posted May 4, 2005 wow...thanks for the information. i hope the anti-virus software comps can catch this virus in time before it infects to many computers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Glockmeister1405241492 0 Report post Posted May 5, 2005 wow...thanks for the information. i hope the anti-virus software comps can catch this virus in time before it infects to many computers. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> they should, once they figure how. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trekkie101 0 Report post Posted May 5, 2005 Its not their job. Their job is to give you the tools to stop it, update your scanners, scan your computer. You cant stop a computer virus, the I love you virus is still going about but all virus protection software knows about it. So I wouldnt rely on them stopping it, just put up some good protection Share this post Link to post Share on other sites