A new variant of the [i]Sober[/i] worm surfaced this morning which pretends to be a [b]Microsoft[/b] software update that protects against a new version of the [i]MyDoom[/i] worm.
[blockquote]Once activated the worm displays a patch loading screen, but harvests email addresses and mails itself out using its own SMTP engine.
The email, written in either English or German, has the headline 'Microsoft alert: please read!' The body text adds: 'New MyDoom virus variant detected – please download this digitally signed attachment.'[/blockquote]
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