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Sober.I Worm

It has been observed that another variant of Sober worm called Sober.I is spreading in the wild. The Virus written in visual Basic and is UPX compressed. The malicious code tries to download file from some websites and the trigger date is after 5 th Jan 2005.The damage and distribution potential of the virus is high. More information can be obtained from the following sites.

  1. http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?
    VName=WORM_SOBER.I&VSect=S
  2. http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/encyclopedia/
    overview.aspx?lst=det&idvirus=54761
  3. http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/sober_i.shtml
  4. http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_130130.htm

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