Global Race Against Sobig Makes Progress

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The FBI subpoenaed an Arizona Internet service provider to trace the culprit behind a fast-spreading e-mail virus that security experts said may have first been posted to an adult pictures Internet site.

So far, as many as 100,000 computers have been infected with Sobig.F, which in turn has spewed “millions upon millions of infected e-mails” to other Internet users, Kuo added.

Reuters via NYTimes

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