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It seems that only yesterday that msblast was here... Well infact it probably is still here, but anyway. Just doing my paperound this morning when i read something in the mirror about a new virus. Searched on google for it and found this article:
"London - The worst email virus ever hit computers around the world on Thursday as American spammers succeeded at one stage in infecting one in every 17 messages on the Internet.
The SoBig-F virus affects Windows PCs, making them covertly download a programme that turns the machine into a "zombie".
Dozens of copies of the virus are then sent via email to addresses culled from the infected PC's files. The number of emails generated suggests that millions of PCs have potentially been infected. Users are likely to face even more unsolicited spam in coming days.
Steve Linford, chief executive of the UK-based anti-spam organisation Spamhaus, said: "It's the most destructive thing we've ever seen. It's causing havoc on the Net.
"The problem is that the people who are being infected are home users or small offices with broadband connections, who are using Microsoft Windows, and because there are so many of them this (virus) has infected far more than any previous one."
Spamhaus believes that American spammers, who want to send out more messages, commissioned a programmer to write the virus which has appeared in different variants since January 2003.
Graham Cluley, technology consultant at the antivirus company Sophos, said SoBig-F has spread much faster than any other virus, including the "Love Bug" released by a programmer in the Philippines in 2000. - The Independent "
"London - The worst email virus ever hit computers around the world on Thursday as American spammers succeeded at one stage in infecting one in every 17 messages on the Internet.
The SoBig-F virus affects Windows PCs, making them covertly download a programme that turns the machine into a "zombie".
Dozens of copies of the virus are then sent via email to addresses culled from the infected PC's files. The number of emails generated suggests that millions of PCs have potentially been infected. Users are likely to face even more unsolicited spam in coming days.
Steve Linford, chief executive of the UK-based anti-spam organisation Spamhaus, said: "It's the most destructive thing we've ever seen. It's causing havoc on the Net.
"The problem is that the people who are being infected are home users or small offices with broadband connections, who are using Microsoft Windows, and because there are so many of them this (virus) has infected far more than any previous one."
Spamhaus believes that American spammers, who want to send out more messages, commissioned a programmer to write the virus which has appeared in different variants since January 2003.
Graham Cluley, technology consultant at the antivirus company Sophos, said SoBig-F has spread much faster than any other virus, including the "Love Bug" released by a programmer in the Philippines in 2000. - The Independent "
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It spreads by exploiting the big security loophole that is user stupidity. Kudos :O/
It seems that only yesterday that msblast was here... Well infact it probably is still here, but anyway. Just doing my paperound this morning when i read something in the mirror about a new virus. Searched on google for it and found this article:
"London - The worst email virus ever hit computers around the world on Thursday as American spammers succeeded at one stage in infecting one in every 17 messages on the Internet.
The SoBig-F virus affects Windows PCs, making them covertly download a programme that turns the machine into a "zombie".
Dozens of copies of the virus are then sent via email to addresses culled from the infected PC's files. The number of emails generated suggests that millions of PCs have potentially been infected. Users are likely to face even more unsolicited spam in coming days.
Steve Linford, chief executive of the UK-based anti-spam organisation Spamhaus, said: "It's the most destructive thing we've ever seen. It's causing havoc on the Net.
"The problem is that the people who are being infected are home users or small offices with broadband connections, who are using Microsoft Windows, and because there are so many of them this (virus) has infected far more than any previous one."
Spamhaus believes that American spammers, who want to send out more messages, commissioned a programmer to write the virus which has appeared in different variants since January 2003.
Graham Cluley, technology consultant at the antivirus company Sophos, said SoBig-F has spread much faster than any other virus, including the "Love Bug" released by a programmer in the Philippines in 2000. - The Independent "
"London - The worst email virus ever hit computers around the world on Thursday as American spammers succeeded at one stage in infecting one in every 17 messages on the Internet.
The SoBig-F virus affects Windows PCs, making them covertly download a programme that turns the machine into a "zombie".
Dozens of copies of the virus are then sent via email to addresses culled from the infected PC's files. The number of emails generated suggests that millions of PCs have potentially been infected. Users are likely to face even more unsolicited spam in coming days.
Steve Linford, chief executive of the UK-based anti-spam organisation Spamhaus, said: "It's the most destructive thing we've ever seen. It's causing havoc on the Net.
"The problem is that the people who are being infected are home users or small offices with broadband connections, who are using Microsoft Windows, and because there are so many of them this (virus) has infected far more than any previous one."
Spamhaus believes that American spammers, who want to send out more messages, commissioned a programmer to write the virus which has appeared in different variants since January 2003.
Graham Cluley, technology consultant at the antivirus company Sophos, said SoBig-F has spread much faster than any other virus, including the "Love Bug" released by a programmer in the Philippines in 2000. - The Independent "
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