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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Gaffers on 17 September 2014, 08:10:25

Title: IT Security Head's up
Post by: Gaffers on 17 September 2014, 08:10:25

the Sobig.f virus has been updated and rereleased hitting a peak last night affecting internet speeds.

It spreads through email, look out for headers like "Thank you", "Re: Details" or "Re: Wicked Screensaver".  Let me know if you get infected as I have access to some cleaning tools :y

More info:

http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/sobig_f.shtml (http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/sobig_f.shtml)

Title: Re: IT Security Head's up
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 17 September 2014, 09:21:37

 :y

Title: Re: IT Security Head's up
Post by: Webby the Bear on 17 September 2014, 09:44:55

Cheers Guffer  :y

Title: Re: IT Security Head's up
Post by: TheBoy on 17 September 2014, 18:35:27

From what I've seen, doesn't appear to have generated noticeable traffic on our transits. Is it hitting the UK much?

Title: Re: IT Security Head's up
Post by: b4ndit on 17 September 2014, 19:22:19

Thanks  :y

Title: Re: IT Security Head's up
Post by: dbug on 18 September 2014, 01:27:25

Download removal tool HERE (http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2003-081915-0030-99)  ;)

Title: Re: IT Security Head's up
Post by: minifreek on 18 September 2014, 07:21:54

Thanks for that folks :)

Title: Re: IT Security Head's up
Post by: Gaffers on 18 September 2014, 12:25:06

Quote from: TheBoy on 17 September 2014, 18:35:27

From what I've seen, doesn't appear to have generated noticeable traffic on our transits. Is it hitting the UK much?

I noticed it affecting internet speeds yesterday, but it seems to have hit our US userbase more than Europe or Asia.  Today seems a lot better although I have other bandwidth issues on our networks- iOS and Sumsung releasing updates at about the same time = a lot of cheeky buggers updating their phones at work.