Sign me up for the ELM Bulletin (click here)
 

Return to the ELM Bulletin Index

 

See what our client's say about us
 

Email this website to someone you know
 
Site Map
 
 
Locations of visitors to this page

 

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

 

Website

ELM Computer Systems Inc

 

Product Websites

T4 TimeSaver (Tax Slip Preparation)

AvanTax (Automobile Taxable Benefits)

T4 OnLine (Online T4/T4A/T5 Preparation)
Copyright© 2008 ELM Computer Systems Inc., All rights reserved. Materials on the ELM website including text, graphics,
and HTML code may not be copied, reprinted, published, translated, hosted, or otherwise distributed by any means without written permission.
Website and logo design by SOHO Creative