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Virus writer used porn site to flood internet
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2003 5:13 am
by Bob the Builder
A cautionary tale!
Bob (who's glad he has a Mac;-)
Re: Virus writer used porn site to flood internet
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2003 8:52 am
by joe king
7. How did my computer become infected?
W32/Sobig-F is a worm that spreads via email and network shares.
You may have infected your computer by opening an infected email attachment.
Alternatively, the worm may have gained access to your computer via a "network share", i.e. a folder that you have made available to other users on your network.
See the W32/Sobig-F virus analysis for full details.
not sure how this tallys with the observer bit about
' It was put on the net in the guise of a photograph posted in an adult 'newsgroup', a forum where users post messages and pictures. When people clicked to download the picture their computers unwittingly became infected and spread the virus which emailed copies of itself from their accounts.'
The guise of a photograph?