W32.Sobig.F@mm virus

[Eagler]

had over 300 emails before I left for work with this thing in it ...

you now how long Norton AV takes to step through 300 infected emails?

whats the story with this thing?

[Roscoroo]

http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/vir...SOBIG.F&VSect=T

you can read about it in the url i posted ... its a older virus that can be very malicous and keeps getting reborn in a little different form . your safe as long as you dont open/run an email that has it in it.   the worst part is its one of those mass emailing virus's like the klez worm and just as destructive or even more.

[Eagler]

where does it get the return address from? seems like it copied from my address book as many are valid email addresses

[Skuzzy]

Address books is what it pilfers, for sending and using as a return address.

This is a nasty bugger.  Stealing Internet bandwidth at a horrific rate and typing up email servers at a faster rate.  Basically, this thing is mounting a DOS attack on the Internet adn is being somewhat successful.

Many of our players have this virus and probably do not know it.

[Eagler]

so I have to be infected if it is using addresses from my address book as return addy's?

read to check for a certain line in the registry- I did not see it so I thought I was clean.

running AV scan now but slow with 4 big drives

[Skuzzy]

No Eagler, it could have gotten the return address from someone you know that has your address in their address book.

[boxboy28]

hey im getting returned demon mailers (that i didnt send out) with the titles that,  that worm sends out does that mean im infected?

[Shane]

if the "sent to" is from your address book, possibly, if not, then someone who has *you* listed in their address book is.

i was getting this week and half ago... figured it was a guy who had my addy on his mail list for softball since i came up clean for any worm and had already patched that exploit about a month prior.

[boxboy28]

must be ive got my PCcillian upto date and cant find those files in my registry.

[Eagler]

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