Cut from a Sophos alert
Sophos researchers have published information on a second
wave attack which the Sobig-F worm may attempt to make
in the coming hours.
On infected PCs, Sobig-F will attempt to download code from
the internet and then run it on the computer. This occurs
on Fridays and Sundays at 19:00-22:00 GMT. This equates
to the following times in different parts of the world:
Los Angeles 12 noon - 3:00pm
Boston 3:00pm - 6:00pm
London 8:00pm - 11:00pm
Berlin 9:00pm - 12:00 midnight
Hong Kong 3:00am - 6:00am (Saturday and Monday)
Tokyo 4:00am - 7:00am (Saturday and Monday)
Sydney 5:00am - 8:00am (Saturday and Monday)
(Note that because of time differences, the attempt
to download code will happen on Saturdays and Mondays
in the Far East and Australasia).
The worm has been programmed to automatically direct infected
PCs to a server controlled by the virus writer from which a
malicious program could be downloaded. At the moment, it is
not known what the download material will do, but
possibilities include launching another virus or spam
attack, collecting sensitive information, or deleting
files stored on an infected computer or network.
More details on how to prevent the download happening on
your computers, and information on how to clean-up
a Sobig infection, are available at the following urls:
James P. Cottingham
When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity.
[tab][tab]Albert Einstein explaining his Theory of Relativity to a group of journalists.
Sophos researchers have published information on a second
wave attack which the Sobig-F worm may attempt to make
in the coming hours.
On infected PCs, Sobig-F will attempt to download code from
the internet and then run it on the computer. This occurs
on Fridays and Sundays at 19:00-22:00 GMT. This equates
to the following times in different parts of the world:
Los Angeles 12 noon - 3:00pm
Boston 3:00pm - 6:00pm
London 8:00pm - 11:00pm
Berlin 9:00pm - 12:00 midnight
Hong Kong 3:00am - 6:00am (Saturday and Monday)
Tokyo 4:00am - 7:00am (Saturday and Monday)
Sydney 5:00am - 8:00am (Saturday and Monday)
(Note that because of time differences, the attempt
to download code will happen on Saturdays and Mondays
in the Far East and Australasia).
The worm has been programmed to automatically direct infected
PCs to a server controlled by the virus writer from which a
malicious program could be downloaded. At the moment, it is
not known what the download material will do, but
possibilities include launching another virus or spam
attack, collecting sensitive information, or deleting
files stored on an infected computer or network.
More details on how to prevent the download happening on
your computers, and information on how to clean-up
a Sobig infection, are available at the following urls:
James P. Cottingham
When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity.
[tab][tab]Albert Einstein explaining his Theory of Relativity to a group of journalists.
