Sober up! Fast-spreading Sober.i virus spotted by BitDefender Labs

BitDefender Labs have detected a new viral threat, in shape of a mass mailer called Sober.I (a.k.a W32 / Clonz.a). The virus spreads via e-mail, using spoofed addresses and a variety of social engineering tricks. Chief among these is fact that it can create e-mails in either English or German, as did previous version of this piece of malware.

Another trick used is to add a string claiming that e-mail has been scanned for viruses and found clean. The virus is spreading so fast that analysts warn it may actually crash some mail servers.

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