Sober worm now 4 percent of all email
One in every 22 emails circulating the Internet on Wednesday contained the latest version of the Sober worm, according to latest statistics from a UK antivirus company.
Sophos claimed that the mass-mailing worm, which has been reported in 40 countries after first appearing on Monday, now accounts for 79 percent of all viruses the company is seeing.
"It's still very widespread," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos. "It appears to turn off Symantec's antivirus protection and the Windows XP firewall. It seems to do that to set up future attacks." He went on to say that the worm is likely to be preparing computers to distribute spam.
