Sober-N rockets to top of current threat list
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 massive spike in the instances of Sober-N as it displaced Zafi-D atop the 'least wanted' list provided by antivirus firm Sophos.
In total Sober-N accounted for 43.8 per cent of all reported viruses. So if you have noticed a large number of emails in your inbox with German text, some seeming to offer tickets for the Fifa World Cup 2006, this will be why. That message text, as well as subject lines referring to passwords or a booking confirmation were typical of the spread of this email worm.
