How Big (and Bad) Is SoBig? | eWeek

How Big (and Bad) Is SoBig?

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Aug 21, 2003
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Its just the fastest spreading e-mail virus ever, according to security experts. According to the Redmond software giant, this WorldTech Tribune story, which claims that Microsoft, the FBI and Secret Service are investigating reports that SoBig-F and Blaster could be the handiwork of terrorists, is untrue. Meanwhile, however, to help stave off Blaster, Microsoft is prepping 200,000 anti-Blaster CDs for distribution in Japan.

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