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  • Experts: Sober time bomb under control

    The Sober attack expected later this week is unlikely to have much effect on company systems, antivirus experts predicted.

  • Sober worm goes into hibernation

    The Sober.P worm stopped spreading across the Internet on Tuesday after virus writers remotely silenced thousands of infected computers overnight, experts said on Friday.

  • Sober worm makes a comeback

    Virus writers have resurrected the Sober worm with a new variant that is spreading quickly over the Internet, according to security experts on Tuesday afternoon.

  • Virus chaos thwarted by poor social engineering

    The latest variant of the Sober virus was released on Friday and has been spreading over the weekend but antivirus experts say the situation could have been much worse.

  • All quiet on the Sober front

    The Sober attack predicted for last Friday has not happened, possibly because of the publicity surrounding the potential outbreak.

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