Tuesday, August 19, 2003

Sobig virus returns

The <A HREF="http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-5065494.html?tag=fd_top">Sobig email virus</A> that caused havoc two months ago has reappeared in a virulent new form, according to email service provider MessageLabs. News.com reports that the virus grabs email addresses from several different locations on a computer, including the Windows address book and Internet cache, and sends emails to each one. The virus also forges the source of the message using a randomly selected email address so that the infected message appears to come from someone else.

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