Abigail Thanks for the info. You really have a wealth of knowledge. I admire and respect that in people.
Jan www.jdvisions.com Website Design and Development ===
Abigail Marshall wrote:
On Thursday, August 21, 2003, 2:30:23 PM, Jan commented:
J> Who names these viruses?
The viruses get named by whoever discovers them first. The first incarnation of Sobig (Sobig.A) always came from the email address "[EMAIL PROTECTED]", so that may be the origin of the word "big".
The viruses retain their names when they are based on similar code - that is, Sobig.F is still the same basic program as Sobig.A, though it has gotten more sophisticated along the way.
See: Name That Worm - How Computer Viruses Get Their Names http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/15662.html
Sobig itself is probably the work of spammers who want to create open relays for their mail. Each version of Sobig has an expiration date, but each sets up a back door or trojan on an infected machine and then basically waits for further instructions. In the end, the goal seems to be to hijack home computers to send out untraceable spam - much of which IS or will be pornographic, of course.
See: http://www.lurhq.com/sobig.html
and
http://www.lurhq.com/sobig-e.html
-Abigail
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