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Threat advisory: McAfee AVERT raises risk assessment to medium on new w32/sober.k@mm virus; McAfee AVERT raises risk assessment based on prevalence.

Publication: M2 Presswire
Publication Date: 31-JAN-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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M2 PRESSWIRE-31 January 2005-McAfee Inc: Threat advisory: McAfee AVERT raises risk assessment to medium on new w32/sober.k@mm virus; McAfee AVERT raises risk assessment based on prevalence(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE), the pioneer and worldwide leader of intrusion prevention solutions, today announced that McAfee AVERT (Anti-virus and Vulnerability Emergency Response Team), the world-class research division of McAfee, Inc., raised the risk assessment to Medium on the recently discovered W32/Sober.k@MM, also known as Sober.k. Sober.k is a prolific worm that spreads via email, sending itself to addresses found on the victim`s machine. The worm arrives as a .zip file attached to e-mail and has many of the same functionalities as its W32/Sober.j@MM predecessor.

The worm was first reported to McAfee AVERT researchers last night GMT and to date, McAfee AVERT has received more than 50 reports of the virus in the wild.

Threat Overview

Sober.k is a mass mailing threat that contains its own...

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