W32.Sober.O@mm

W32.Sober.O@mm is a mass-mailing worm that sends itself as an email attachment to addresses gathered from the compromised computer. It uses its own SMTP engine to spread. The email may be in either English or German.

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Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version May 2, 2005
• Latest Rapid Release version July 26, 2008 revision 017
• Initial Daily Certified version May 2, 2005
• Latest Daily Certified version January 20, 2009 revision 048
• Initial Weekly Certified release date May 2, 2005

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Threat Assessment

Wild

• Wild Level: Low
• Number of Infections: More than 1000
• Number of Sites: More than 10
• Geographical Distribution: Low
• Threat Containment: Easy
• Removal: Moderate

Damage

• Damage Level: Medium

Distribution

• Distribution Level: High