Virus Alert: Sober.r prevention and cure

Virus Name: Sober.r (w32.sober.r@mm)
Virus brief: Sober.r is a classic mass-mailing e-mail worm that spreads itself to addresses harvested from infected PCs, and it may slow down e-mail services during the height of this infection.
Aliases: CME-151; Sober.p (Computer Associates, Sophos), Sober.q (Symantec), sober.y (Panda), Sober.ac (Trend Micro).
Rank: Medium risk
Type: Mass-mailing e-mail worm (German and English versions).
What it does: Harvests e-mail addresses from infected machines.
Means of transmission: Sober.r arrives as e-mail with a ZIP file attachment named either KlassenFoto.zip, or pword_change.zip.
How to recognize: E-mail referencing password changes with a ZIP file attachment.
Who is at risk: Windows users. Because Sober.r spreads via e-mail, does not open remote access to your PC, and may not damage system files, this worm rates a 5 on the CNET/ZDNet Virus Meter.

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