Reply #9: sobig.f worm just hit yesterday--info links & removal tool

[ima_sinnic]

I've gotten a ton of those returned e-mails that I never sent, all rejected because they contained a virus. My e-mail address is on one or more people's computers and it is being generated from there, spoofing that it is from "me." It doesn't mean that my computer has a virus--somebody else's does. This worm also a built-in timer, to self-destruct on September 10. The worst thing it seems to do is to clog up everybody's inbox with a LOT of junk mail. The pieces themselves are very large--more than 100 kb, all random garble (unless your antivirus program clears out that crap first).

Here is a link to more information: http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100561.htm

Watch for these subject lines--I haven't seen one come through yet with an attachment (.pif or .scr), which Norton and McAfee pick off--but delete these without opening:

Your details
Thank you!
Re: Thank you!
Re: Details
Re: Re: My details
Re: Approved
Re: Your application
Re: Wicked screensaver
Re: That movie

Update and removal tool:

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[e-mail]