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To: Gottfried who wrote (35957)8/22/2003 1:10:37 PM
From: Tom Swift  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 110652
 
Sobig.F Could Strike Again

Hidden code instructs infected computers to launch mass attack.

Paul Roberts, IDG News Service
Friday, August 22, 2003

Security experts are warning of a possible attack or mass action by machines infected with the Sobig.F worm scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. EST on Friday.


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Code buried deep in the Sobig.F worm will cause afflicted Microsoft Windows machines worldwide to simultaneously connect to an as-yet unknown Web page and download a software program, according to security company F-Secure of Helsinki. The machines are using a number of atomic clocks worldwide to synchronize activities and coordinate the mass action, F-Secure said.

pcworld.com



To: Gottfried who wrote (35957)8/22/2003 4:01:53 PM
From: appro  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 110652
 
Gottfried, et al. If avast is good enough for you it is good enough for me. My AVG free edition seems to have died on the vine. I uninstalled it and its grisoft folder and installed avast without the email protection.

Where you go, the mob follows blindly. ; )

Thanks for blazing the trail for those of us giving up on AVG.


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