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SOBIG.D WORM SPREADS IN THE WILD

Virus Name  : W32.Sobig.D@mm

Alias             : I-Worm.Sobig.gen, WORM_SOBIG.D, W32/Sobig-D, Sobig.D Worm

Virus type    : Internet worm

Threat level : Medium

Virus details :

                     Sobig.D worm uses e-mail addresses collected from DBX, HTML, DBX, EML, HML, TXT and WAB files to send infected messages. It is very similar to Sobig.B Worm. Sobig.D infects Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, NT, XP systems. It also copies to shared network drives. Sobig.D worm will not spread after July 1st 2003.

                     The infected e-mail attachment and e-mail subject is chosen from the list given in the worm. The email body contains the text "See the attached file for details" and the sender field is randomly chosen by the worm.

                     When the infected attachment is executed, the worm copies itself to Windows folder as "cftrb32.exe". Sobig.D worm creates new keys in the registry Run section to load automatically. The registry modification is given below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
"SFtrb Service" = %Windows%\cftrb32.exe 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
"SFtrb Service" = %Windows%\cftrb32.exe 

                     Sobig.D worm copies to the shared network drives startup folder in the remote machine. So the infected files will be executed automatically on the next startup. It copies to the following shared drives

Windows\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp
Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

How can I protect my system?

                   Solo has incorporated Sobig.D worm in its signature file to protect users from this worm attack. Solo antivirus registered users are already protected from this worm. Make sure that you have installed registered version of Solo Antivirus to protect your system from all virus threats.

How to remove this worm?

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