Sobig is Biggest Computer Virus

World | August 21, 2003, Thursday // 00:00

The Sobig Windows virus that overwhelmed e-mail inboxes around the world is one of the fastest growing viruses ever. E-mail filtering firm MessageLabs said it had intercepted more than a million copies of Sobig F in 24 hours, more than for any other virus. Net service giant AOL said it had stopped more than 11.5 million copies of the virus since it first appeared on 18 August. Security experts said the virus seemed to be created by spammers to recruit innocent machines to act as untraceable relays for their unwanted messages.

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