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Sober.P Worm Accounts for 5% of all Email Traffic

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the thats-a-lotta-bits dept.

destuxor writes "The grave insecurity of the day is the Sober.P worm which is currently pushing nearly 5% of all email traffic at the moment. Unlike previous worms, Sober can disable the Windows Firewall and Symantec Antivirus. Interestingly, patched machines are not vulnerable to the exploits used by this worm. What are we going to have to do to convince "ordinary users" to visit WindowsUpdate once in a while?" update percentage corrected.

4 of 451 comments (clear)

  1. first post? by rainmn20001969 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post?

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    Wake up and vote right.
  2. LOL WWWWIDE PAEG!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    POST user illegal appropriate
    offensive read people posting
    use clear subject describes
    POST user illegal appropriate
    offensive read people posting
    use clear subject describes

  3. Re:Yay, its go time! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Do I have some secret-admirer with moderator points or something? How the heck is a post with score 1 "overrated"? You should be spending your points moderating people up, not down.

  4. Better colours by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://shit.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/08/1 429219