SoBig: What You Need to Know

SoBig: What You Need to Know

Written By
Lance Ulanoff
Lance Ulanoff
Aug 21, 2003
1 minute read
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We may well look back on these past two weeks as the moment when we finally got serious about system security. The double whammy of Blaster and now SoBig has sent hundreds of thousands of home users and many network administrators reeling as systems crash, servers collapse under the weight of a spam-like e-mail onslaught and users worry about whats coming next. Its made everyone reexamine how we protect our systems.

No one knows for sure when there will be another, similar virus attack, but we know that more are coming. Fortunately fighting Blaster and SoBig could actually help you prepare for whats next.

Click here for complete instructions on protecting yourself from SoBig.

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