Please be aware of a new virus named : Sober.D

Description: The virus arrives in an email with an attachment. The email looks like a warning from Microsoft regarding the MyDoom virus, and asks you to run the attachment to patch Windows. The virus harvests email addresses from files stored on your hard disk drive, and creates entries in the registry so that the virus is executed when the machine boots up.

More information can be found at http://www.f-secure.co.uk/v-descs/sober_d.shtml


Please be aware of further virus threats - Virus Name: Bagle.J

Description: The virus arrives in an email with an attachment. The attachment is password protected, however the password is supplied in the email. This would be poor practice in any company. The virus can also spread through network shares and opens a backdoor to the infected machine allowing remote control abilities.

Please be vigilant when reading emails containing attachments, especially those containing password protected files.

More information can be found at http://www.f-secure.co.uk/v-descs/bagle_j.shtml

Better still, update your anti-virus definitions before you do anything else online - including and especially downloading emails! :D