martymas Posted November 21, 2004 Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 hi team this was in my in box so i cant vouch for its guinessnor do i know who emisoft is.ive scanned it with avg and avast and both come up clean.but i thought it should be posted in case martyDear marty,Warning! Worm.Win32.Sober.I!The latest version of the Sober worm is spreading fast. As with it's predecessors, Sober.Ispreads by email attachments. The email text suggests that it is an error message from themailserver and the undelivery report is attached.Current email clients like Outlook or Outlook Express are able to block harmful fileextensions like EXE, COM or SCR, but Sober.I sometimes comes packed in a ZIP file tobypass outlook security. The ZIP file itself is not harmful, but the content inside (anexecutable file with variable file name) contains the worm and must not be opened!A more detailed description of the worm can be found at the a² Malware Database:http://www.emsisoft.com/en/malware/?Worm.Win32.Sober.ISober.I can be detected and removed with a² Free and a² Personal with the latest signatureupdates. The latest versiona² Personal background guard will block the worm if it isstarted. Please run the a² Online-Update immediately and ensure that the new automaticupdate feature in a² Personal is enabled. Sincerely yours, Your a² Teamhttp://www.emsisoft.comNote! Please do not reply to this automated email. If you wish to change or remove your newsletter subscription please go to our contact pageat our website or login at the a² Control Center: http://cc.emsisoft.com/en/newsletter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bar5 Posted November 21, 2004 Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 Hi Marty:I got the same thing. It is from "A Squared" Emisoft must the actual company that has it.I subscribed to their newsletter. You must have too.Barb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thesidekickcat Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 Sorry for the double post folks, somehow while I was writing the main one out and checked in preview for mistakes, I got a flood control error. My first one, anyhow didn't know it posted too. Wierd. So my main post is below.God bless everyone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martymas Posted November 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 Hi Marty:I got the same thing. It is from "A Squared" Emisoft must the actual company that has it.I subscribed to their newsletter. You must have too.Barb yes i must have subscribed when i was at techtv cfhive reinstalled twice since then. cant remember it, but i see they used my user name.so some where i must have used my name.however when it comes to a virus we cant be to careful.tho i have to admit ive only had 2viruses once at c.f.h and once here.or at g4.but my scanner went mad and i got rid of it before it did any damage.but for the life of me i cant remember emisoft.those days i used to go into all sites in spite of pete and daves warnings but it has rubbed of me now and i try to surf safe. marty. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thesidekickcat Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 Here is some more info, from the Symantec Security Response Site. It is the newest bunch of junk out to try to destroy our computers, that they have given us protection against. Click on the individual item for more info. It is rated a 3 for risk, on a scale of 1 - 5, I think. They have a removal tool thankfully, if you get caught with it.Symantec Security Response Check often for updates and stay safe folks.God bless everyone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bar5 Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 Hi Marty:I got the same thing. It is from "A Squared" Emisoft must the actual company that has it.I subscribed to their newsletter. You must have too.Barb yes i must have subscribed when i was at techtv cfhive reinstalled twice since then. cant remember it, but i see they used my user name.so some where i must have used my name.however when it comes to a virus we cant be to careful.tho i have to admit ive only had 2viruses once at c.f.h and once here.or at g4.but my scanner went mad and i got rid of it before it did any damage.but for the life of me i cant remember emisoft.those days i used to go into all sites in spite of pete and daves warnings but it has rubbed of me now and i try to surf marty.Hey Marty:Thanks for posting the newsletter so everyone else can read it. It can't hurt to get all the news we can.I didn't pay much attention to the name of the company. Look at the bottom of your letter and you will see "Emsi Software" I just saw it after I read your post. I went and read mine. So I guess Emsi is the name of the company that puts out the software A Squared. When we subscribed to newsletter, we probably saw only "A2 Squared"Take careBarb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martymas Posted November 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 hey barb i just went and unscribed to those emisoft news letter.just click on the link if you want to. marty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bar5 Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 hey barb i just went and unscribed to those emisoft news letter.just click on the link if you want to. martyOK. Thanks MartyTake careBarb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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