Remove W32.Sobig.E. Removal instructions

Severity scale:

(60 / 100)

This worm propagates via network shares and via email using its own SMTP engine. It gathers its target email addresses from files with the extensions:
WAB, DBX, HTM, HTML, EML, TXT

From field is such that a different email address appears instead of the email account it uses to send the messages. It can use support@yahoo.com, an email address that it has obtained from the system, or the user name and the domain of the currently logged on user.

W32.Sobig.E properties:
• Allows remote user connection
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

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W32.Sobig.E manual removal:

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Kill processes:
i-worm.sobig.exe

HELP:
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Delete registry values:
i-worm.sobig.exe

HELP:
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Information added: 2004-03-19 10:00:00
Information updated: 2004-04-09 04:56:24

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