(I posted this to The Farm and Tucows Developer — I also thought I’d post the warning on this blog as well — Joey)
“Nazis.
I hate these guys.” — Indiana Jones
The
worm is a worm that runs on the Windows platform. It began
infecting computers worldwide back in November and goes by a number of
names:
The
source code for the Sober.Z worm suggests that it
will launch another
attack on January
5th and 6th to coincide with the 87th anniversary of the
founding of the Nazi Party. On these dates, PCs infected with the virus
will be instructed to connect to numerous servers to download malicious
code that will likely send out German and English language email hate
messages.
Tucows encourages network administrators to
protect themselves by blocking domains believed to host the malicious
code, which
are:
Be
sure to tell people you know — especially if they aren’t tech-savvy —
not to open suspicious email, even if it appears
to be from a sender they know.
For more details on
the Sober.Z worm, consult these
sites:
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