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PRESS
RELEASE
Oslo, 20 August 2003
The
worm Sobig.F has turned into a spam problem
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The worm Sobig.F has
turned into a spam problem
The explosive distribution of the computer virus Sobig.F
that has ravaged the Internet, several organization's
networks and stand-alone PCs the latest days, has resultet
in enormous amounts of email traffic, as well as lots and
lots of deleting of emails.
The background for this explosive spreading is that the
worm repeatedly sends itself to the address lists found on
the infected computer(s). This type of action will
especially impact e-mail servers and the communication
infrastructure.
The reason why that the antivirus program cleans the worm
that is an attachment to the email. However, the antivirus
program does not stop the email itself. The result is that
the email (cleaned) will be sent to the recipients in
large numbers.
Norman Data Defense Systems recommends that you combine
the antivirus and firewall programs with a spam tool to
get the optimum protection in the light of the latest
days' outburst.
If you do not have any spam solution that handles this
problem, we recommend a gateway solution like Norman Spam
Control to stop the spreading that is interrupting your
infrastructure, and that also reduce the administrate
efforts to get rid of all these and other annoying emails.
For further
information, please contact
SAV25
Data Systems
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