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W32.Sobig.C@mm
Due to an increased rate of submissions, Symantec Security Response has upgraded W32.Sobig.C@mm from a Category 2 to a Category 3 as of June 1, 2003.
W32.Sobig.C@mm is a mass-mailing worm that sends itself to all the email addresses, purporting to have been sent by Microsoft (
[email protected]). The worm finds the addresses in the files with the following extensions:
.wab
.dbx
.htm
.html
.eml
.txt
NOTE: The worm de-activates on June 8, 2003, and therefore, the last day on which the worm will spread is June 7, 2003.
Also Known As: W32/Sobig.c@MM [McAfee], Win32/Sobig.C [ESET], Sobig.C [F-Secure], I-Worm.Sobig.c [KAV]
Type: Worm
Infection Length: About 59kb
Systems Affected: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Me
Systems Not Affected: Windows 3.x, Macintosh, OS/2, UNIX, Linux
More info:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]