Virus alerts: New worms hit the radar
Several new worms have been spotted in the wild today including a variant of Sober, which has so far hit the radar screens of many major antivirus firms; a variant of Bropia; and a new MyDoom – taking the total number of variants of that worm beyond 50.
However, despite a flurry of activity none of these worms are cause for too much concern at current levels. The Sober.K worm is a mass-mailer and some versions intercepted by UK email security firm MessageLabs pose as a virus warning urging users to download a patch to protect them from the very worm they install by doing so.
The self-referential subject line of these emails reads: "Alert! New Sober worm". Other subject lines include references to illegal websites visited and also the notorious Paris Hilton sex video.
