Sober (worm)
The Sober worm is a family of computer worms that was discovered on October 24, 2003. Like many worms, Sober sends itself as an e-mail attachment.
The Sober worms must be unpacked and run by the user. Upon execution, Sober copies itself to one of several files in the Windows directory, depending on the variant. It then adds appropriate keys to the Windows registry, along with a few empty files in the Windows directory. These empty files are used to deactivate previous Sober variants.
Sober is written in Visual Basic and only runs on the Microsoft Windows platform.
Read more about Sober (worm): Affected Platforms, Outbreaks, Political Motivations
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