New Computer Virus (Info Inside)
 

Sober - P and Sober - M worm

I had about 11 emails sent to me with it in it. thats an INSANE amount. Get at me if you think you may be infected... sympotoms include your computer running slow as shit.

Exerpt from ZD.net
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Virus writers have resurrected the Sober worm with a new variant that is spreading quickly over the Internet.

Security experts said Tuesday that the worm, dubbed Sober.M, reports e-mail addresses of victims back to its anonymous author--a technique known as harvesting. Spammers typically buy these fresh addresses to add to their lists of e-mail recipients.

The e-mail containing the worm is written in bad English with the subject line: "I've got your e-mail on my account."

"It looks like the virus writer is deliberately using broken English to (convince) people the e-mail is not a virus," Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at antivirus company Sophos, said in a statement.

Sophos said that the new Sober variant was the fifth most reported virus over the last 24 hours, closely followed by versions of Zafi and Netsky. It's thought that all the major antivirus companies are now offering protection against the worm, so users should update their virus protection.

Sober.M is a mass e-mailing virus that spreads as a .zip file attachment and affects systems running Microsoft Windows. The e-mail containing the worm sends itself in German or English language. The English version of the e-mail is below.

Subject line: I've_got your E-mail on my_account!

Message text:

Hello,
First, Very Sorry for my bad English.
Someone is sending your private e-mails on my address.
It's probably an e-mail provider error!
At time, I've got over 10 mails on my account, but the recipient are you. I have copied all the mail text in the windows text-editor for you & zipped then. Make sure, that this mails don't come in my mail-box again. bye

Attached file: your_text.zip

Ah I got a mac. I laugh at all your security holes, lol.

yer..i dont open shit anyway..and if someone did have bad english..i dont think theyd say so...cos it aint that bad...but i wouldnt open shit anymore anyway..thanks for lettin us know tho...good lookin..pz

I got that email. Shit was dope. It was in my junk mail and I opened it.

Then it was like... blah blah blah open this zip... and I was like... whoa mos def a virus. So i opened the zip.

Then my comp was like "worm detected . . . deleted" .. and I was like.. suck shit author.

^i didn't read everything...but all i know is my computer started running MAD slow and is ever since and i'm getting pissed.....i need help wit this shit...

Read the rest of it, and it tells you what to do

i dont ever check my emails....
so i could have my inbox full of 'em for all i know

propps for the heads up tho

I never check my emails either, so I'm safe.

^still don't know what to do.................

My firewall kills viruses. I don't have to worry. My moms knows all about computers and she got rid 305 viruses in one click of a mouse. Ha...