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RSS sober dSober attack shouldn't bite, say antivirus experts
News The Sober attack predicted to occur on 6 January should not be a problem, antivirus experts said on Wednesday. As reported last month, machines that were infected by Sober in November have the potential... [04 Jan 2006]
Confessions of a photocopier repair man
News Geoff Bush from the north of England said one case he'd attended, where a young lady had cracked the glass mid-scan, also jammed the scanner so that it wasn't until the machine was fixed and her colleagues all... [23 Nov 2005]
Virus Top 10: Sober return topples Zafi
News The return of Sober (variant N) has seen it rocket to the top of the current threat list, heading the chart of most prolific viruses during the past month. IT managers in their daily firefight against viruses saw a... [01 Jun 2005]
Love Bug legacy shows users still fall for false promises
News This week saw the release of the latest Sober variant which exploited the clamour for World Cup tickets to entice users to click on the attachment. Five years ago today the world was in the grip of one of the worst ever... [04 May 2005]
Virus Top 10: Can nothing stop Zafi's rampage?
News Only one virus in March's top ten dates from 2005 - Sober.K. New Sober Worm! Sober.K 5.8 per cent This month's virus top ten shows that Zafi is still topping the malware chart for the... [31 Mar 2005]
Virus top 10: Virus writers go back to the future
News Just two viruses in the top 10 were new entries, although both were new variants of old viruses - Bagle.BK and Sober.K. In the last 24 hours the second most commonly reported virus has been the Sober-K... [01 Mar 2005]
Virus top 10: Zafi still clinging onto Xmas
News According to the figures from Sophos the rest of the list featured all the big hitters from 2004, with Netsky, Bagle, MyDoom and Sober all appearing with at least one variant each. Sober.I - 6.3 per cent [01 Feb 2005]
Virus Top 10: Zafi.D gives users an unhappy Christmas
News The viruses that have dogged computer users most prolifically - and taken the number one position on the virus top 10 - for months, Netsky.P and Zafi.B, were beaten into third and fourth place respectively by the newly released Zafi.B... [06 Jan 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 03.12.04
Round-Up Users register with the service and provide numbers which they know in their sober heart of hearts they really don't want to call. "I know it's late but I really need to talk. Well I've had a few but no. [03 Dec 2004]
Virus top 10: Sober makes an unwelcome return
News The most reported new virus was Sober.I, which appeared on 19 November and made up around 20 per cent of all infections for the month. Although the Sober virus first surfaced around a year ago, the... [01 Dec 2004]
Phishing email targets Red Hat users
News The most recent attempt to fool Windows users was the Sober.D worm that masqueraded as a fix for the MyDoom worm. Linux maker Red Hat is warning users about an email that pretends to be an official... [25 Oct 2004]
Zafi top threat as Netsky nuisance persists
News Sasser is also lingering in the list of top 10 reported viruses, and Bagle and Sober are also present with one iteration each, but it is the continued spread and proliferation of Netsky that is cause for the greatest... [01 Jul 2004]
Sasser dominates virus infections
News Sober-G (1.5 per cent) The Sasser worm dominated virus charts for May, accounting for more than half the infection incidences reported during the month. According to figures from antivirus firm Sophos the worm made up 51... [03 Jun 2004]
Virus top 10: Netsky wins out
News Sober.F 1.14 per cent April's virus chart is in and the result sees Netsky taking seven out of the month's top 10 places. Last month's virus chart had a more even spread, with the 'honours' split between the verbose... [30 Apr 2004]
Worm masquerades as multilingual Microsoft patch
News The latest variant of the mass-mailing Sober worm, discovered on Monday, masquerades as an official Microsoft patch for the MyDoom worm. Sober.D is technically similar to its previous... [09 Mar 2004]
