New VIRUS threat Sober.p (4% of emails contain .zip files-DO NOT OPEN!)

http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_133409.htm ^ | May 4 2005 | Self

[Las Vegas Dave]

I received email today from BLUECROSS with a .zip file attached, I immediately deleted it!

[Aggie Mama]

I've received about 5 of these today.

[Redcloak]

I wonder if Sober will run under WINE.

[explodingspleen]

ROTFL

[Spktyr]

I got about 150 - or so my server tells me. clamav is my friend.

[edcoil]

Trend Micro notified me of virus and did scan and sys update last week. Trend Micro has a free version at their website.

It seems more user friendly to me then Norton.

[Redcloak]

Would you believe that one nut actually tried to get several "popular" worms to run under WINE? IIRC, 4 of 5 failed to do anything. The 5th got half credit for causing WINE to freeze.

[explodingspleen]

The thing I hate most about these viruses is... no cross-platform compatibility! They only attack Windows!

I'll be darned if I'm going to fork over a couple hundred bucks to microsoft just so I can enjoy the experience of viruses and worms.

Somebody needs to write a Linux patch so that my operating system is no longer virus-deficient!

[Blue Champagne]

150? I only received 70. I feel so deprived.

[Billthedrill]

It is, IMHO, but Trend had a little hoo-hah last week when they released a signature file that locked their clients' machines solid. They corrected it right away, but it sort of hurt my sales program here at work to switch from Symantec.

[fat city]

... and here I thought Sober p. kept you out of trouble.

[PFKEY]

I received email today from BLUECROSS with a .zip file attached, I immediately deleted it!

I recieved one of these at my work email.

I'm very surprised it made it through.

Most of these things are caught real early and deleted before they ever reach my inbox.

Anyone who still gets infected by opening attatchments is just plain stupid.

[Cicero]

I've received approximately 30 spam emails with sober virus in attached files over the past two days. Most of them had a fake message saying that Postmaster of some website was returning my mail--but I hadn't sent any mail to those addresses, and the addresses were suspicious.

Depressing. I was just thinking it had been quite a while since the last time I started getting a lot of virus attacks.

Norton AV works fine at blocking and deleting this virus, and I presume the other AV programs will as well, provided they are kept up to date. You all may want to check with your providers.

[HairOfTheDog]

Somebody needs to write a Linux patch so that my operating system is no longer virus-deficient!

Keep eggin' them on... they'll get to all ya Linux folk soon enough ;~D

[cardinal4]

I left my computer on and left for a while, and when I cam eback in the Norton screen was up telling me it had blocked this virus. Good to know it works..

[Spktyr]

I'm not a big fan of Trend Micro's stuff. Tried Grisoft's software?

[CitizenM]

I received about a dozen emails yesterday (that went to my "junk mail" from various addys that claimed they were "administrators" "hosts" etc. for a server and were alerting me to the fact that "Your email did not go through, " or "Your email was blocked, " etc. I looked at one wondering what email I sent that was blocked. I saw it contained a link to my own email server, and an attachment that was a .zip file. I deleated it and all the others. Only received one today.

Has anyone had this type of email come in?

[socal_parrot]

I'm getting more of these today than porn spam.


That's a lot!!!

[Spktyr]

For some odd reason, I got about 6-700 of those this morning between the hours of 4 and 5 am. I just set them to autodelete and redirected a copy to Grisoft and SARC.