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Date:
November 20, 2004
Subject: Virus Warning - W32/Sober.J
A new variant of the long running W32/Sober family of viruses has been
discovered this morning and is spreading rapidly. If it arrives in your
inbox it will be as a message with an attachment and will make use of
social engineering techniques to encourage you to open the attachment to
activate the virus.
Always be careful when opening unsolicited email or their attachments.
Further information on the W32/Sober.J virus may be found at the following
websites:
eWeek Enterprise News and Reviews
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1729822,00.asp
McAfee Security
Headquarters
http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_130130.htm
Sophos Security Software
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32soberi.html
Symantec Security Response
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sober.i@mm.html
As always, please do not hesitate to contact me if you have
any questions about this or any other issue.
If you have an associate who you think would also
appreciate receiving these bulletins please let me know (with their
approval) and I will add them to the bulletin mailing list. Please feel
free to forward these bulletins to anyone you wish. If you no longer wish
to receive these bulletins, or if you received this bulletin by mistake
please send me an email with "Please remove me" in the subject line and I
will take your name off of the bulletin mailing list.
Peter Rhebergen
Technical Specialist, Systems and
Software
Email:
peter@elmcomputers.com
ELM Computer Systems Inc.
502 Gordon Baker Road
Toronto, Ontario, M2H 3B4
Telephone
Local: 416 495 1624 (112)
Toll free: 800 268 3211
Fax: 416 495 0044
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