"Edmund Cramp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

wouldn't that DoS the server they're attempting to download from
considering the large scope of the propagation of SoBig-F?

> Sobig-F timed for Trojan download tonight?
> By John Leyden - http://www.theregister.com/content/56/32475.html
>
> The prolific mass-mailing Sobig-F email worm, which has flooded computer
> users this week, could attempt to download a Trojan horse tonight,
> anti-virus companies are warning.
>
> The worm has been programmed to automatically direct infected PCs to a
> server controlled by the virus writer from which a malicious program
> could be downloaded. It is timed to do so at 19:00-22:00 GMT on Fridays
> and Sundays.
>
> At the moment, it is unclear what the download material will do, or even
> the Internet address of the server from which the worm will download
> malicious code. Likewise, it's unclear if any attack will succeed.
>
> ...
>
>
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