New Sober variant an efficient worm, but infections already dying down

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The latest Sober variant is spreading around the world and has infected millions of computers. The new worm disguises itself as an official email from the FBI, CIA or Bundeskriminalamt (Germany's federal police) and asks people to open an attachment - apparently convincing enough for many users to do so. The attachment scans for email addresses and sends copies to other computers. In addition, the worm disables Microsoft's anti-malware tool.

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