8/19/2003 W32/Sobig (.pif / .tif email attachment
DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT, IMMEDIATELY DELETE THE MESSAGE!
Detecting and Eliminating the Virus:
* Remember that Tulane University has a site license for McAfee Virus Scan, and that is the approved
Removal Instructions
DAT Files
Detection is included in the 4287 DAT files. In addition to the DAT version requirements for detection, the specified engine version (or greater) must also be used. Alternatively, the following EXTRA.DAT packages are available.
EXTRA.DAT - should be extracted to the same directory where CLEAN.DAT, NAMES.DAT, and SCAN.DAT are (typically C:\Program Files\Common Files\Network Associates\VirusScan Engine\4.0.xx)
or SUPER EXTRA.DAT - EXTRA.DAT self installer
Download Stinger to Scan for infection:
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger
More info on this worm:
http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=description&virus_k=100561
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