The Sobig e-mail worm that clogged in-boxes in August was the most prolific virus of 2003, according to a top ten list of viruses published by antivirus software vendor Sophos PLC. The Abingdon ...

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 ...

Computer experts think the author of the SoBig computer virus may be trying to construct a profit-making network of machines to send junk email for companies willing to pay, a newspaper reports.

A variant of the Sobig worm appeared over the weekend and is now spreading rapidly. This is the third Sobig variant to hit the Internet this year, and security experts believe more variants may ...

But the real chaos started Tuesday when the sixth variation of the Sobig worm appeared in in boxes. First seen in January--and so named because the original sender was listed as [email protected] ...

update The latest variant of the Sobig virus has the ability to spread across file-sharing networks as well as by email, making it the worst strain yet, experts warned on Tuesday afternoon.

A powerful e-mail virus known as SoBig was thwarted Friday as it attempted to change itself, possibly into a more destructive force. A coordinated defense by commercial and government computer ...

Dec. 17 -- All antivirus vendors have had virus definition files since August to recognize and stop Sobig.F. Most will also clean and remove the virus. If you don't have an updated antivirus ...

A new computer virus, Sobig, is spreading on the Internet, according to alerts posted by a number of antivirus software companies. Sobig is a worm that uses e-mail and shared network folders to ...

Antivirus companies warned Tuesday that a new version of the Sobig virus is rapidly spreading on the Internet, the latest in a string of Sobig computer worms to be released. The new worm ...

Unless a surprise comes along in the next few weeks, the Sobig e-mail worm that clogged in-boxes in August will be the most prolific virus of 2003, according to a top ten list of viruses published ...

The Sobig.C virus may be only days old, but reports yesterday indicated that the latest form of the Sobig worm has already reached 84 countries. Sobig.C, also known as w32.sobig.c@mm, is another ...