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Thanks for the link Thomas.
The "virus" appears to be only a worm, according to Symantec's
encyclopedia:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sobig.c@xxxxxxx
Due to an increased rate of submissions, Symantec Security Response
has upgraded W32.Sobig.C@xx from a Category 2 to a Category 3 as of
June 1, 2003.
W32.Sobig.C@xx is a mass-mailing worm that sends itself to all the
email addresses that it finds in files with the following
extensions:
.wab .dbx .htm .html .eml .txt
The email falsely purports that Microsoft sent it
(bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx).
Email Routine Details The email message has the following
characteristics:
From: bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (NOTE: W32.Sobig.C@xx spoofs this field. It
could be any address.)
Subject: The subject line will be one of the following: Re: Movie
Re: Submited (004756-3463) Re: 45443-343556 Re: Approved Approved
Re: Your application Re: Application
Message Body: Please see the attached file.
Attachment: The attachment name will be one of the following:
screensaver.scr movie.pif submited.pif 45443.pif documents.pif
approved.pif application.pif document.pif
NOTE: The worm de-activates on June 8, 2003, and therefore, the last
day on which the worm will spread is June 7, 2003.
Symantec Security Response has created a tool to remove
W32.Sobig.C@xxx
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