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Index Sober (computer worm)

The Sober worm is a family of computer worms that was discovered on October 24, 2003.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 30 relations: Antivirus software, Central Intelligence Agency, Computer worm, Copyright infringement, Email attachment, F-Secure, Far-right politics, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal Criminal Police Office (Germany), Germany, HijackThis, McAfee, Microsoft Defender Antivirus, Microsoft Windows, National Democratic Party of Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Pop-up ad, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, Spyware, United States, Variant (biology), Visual Basic, Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Registry, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP.

  2. Computer worms
  3. Email worms

Antivirus software

Antivirus software (abbreviated to AV software), also known as anti-malware, is a computer program used to prevent, detect, and remove malware.

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Central Intelligence Agency

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), known informally as the Agency, metonymously as Langley and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT) and conducting covert action through its Directorate of Operations.

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Computer worm

A computer worm is a standalone malware computer program that replicates itself in order to spread to other computers. Sober (computer worm) and computer worm are computer worms.

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Copyright infringement (at times referred to as piracy) is the use of works protected by copyright without permission for a usage where such permission is required, thereby infringing certain exclusive rights granted to the copyright holder, such as the right to reproduce, distribute, display or perform the protected work, or to produce derivative works.

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Email attachment

An email attachment is a computer file sent along with an email message.

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F-Secure

F-Secure Corporation is a global cyber security and privacy company, which has its headquarters in Helsinki, Finland.

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Far-right politics

Far-right politics, or right-wing extremism, is a spectrum of political thought that tends to be radically conservative, ultra-nationalist, and authoritarian, often also including nativist tendencies.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency.

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Federal Criminal Police Office (Germany)

The Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany (abbreviated) is the federal investigative police agency of Germany, directly subordinated to the Federal Ministry of the Interior.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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HijackThis

HijackThis (also HiJackThis or HJT) is a free and open-source tool to detect malware and adware on Microsoft Windows.

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McAfee

McAfee Corp., formerly known as McAfee Associates, Inc. from 1987 to 1997 and 2004 to 2014, Network Associates Inc. from 1997 to 2004, and Intel Security Group from 2014 to 2017, is an American global computer security software company headquartered in San Jose, California.

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Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Microsoft Defender Antivirus (formerly Windows Defender) is an antivirus software component of Microsoft Windows.

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Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a product line of proprietary graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft.

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National Democratic Party of Germany

The Homeland (Die Heimat), previously known as the National Democratic Party of Germany (Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands, NPD), is a far-right Neo-Nazi and ultranationalist political party in Germany.

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North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a state (Land) in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the most populous state in Germany. Apart from the city-states, it is also the most densely populated state in Germany. Covering an area of, it is the fourth-largest German state by size.

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Pop-up ad

Pop-up ads or pop-ups are forms of online advertising on the World Wide Web.

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Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is an Internet standard communication protocol for electronic mail transmission.

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Spyware

Spyware (a portmanteau for spying software) is any software with malicious behavior that aims to gather information about a person or organization and send it to another entity in a way that harms the user by violating their privacy, endangering their device's security, or other means.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Variant (biology)

In microbiology and virology, the term variant or genetic variant is used to describe a subtype of a microorganism that is genetically distinct from a main strain, but not sufficiently different to be termed a distinct strain.

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Visual Basic

Visual Basic is a name for a family of programming languages from Microsoft.

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Windows 2000

Windows 2000 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft and oriented towards businesses.

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Windows 95

Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented operating system developed by Microsoft as part of its Windows 9x family of operating systems.

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Windows 98

Windows 98 is a consumer-oriented operating system developed by Microsoft as part of its Windows 9x family of Microsoft Windows operating systems.

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Windows Me

Windows Me (Millennium Edition) is an operating system developed by Microsoft as part of its Windows 9x family of Microsoft Windows operating systems.

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Windows NT

Windows NT is a proprietary graphical operating system produced by Microsoft as part of its Windows product line, the first version of which, Windows NT 3.1, was released on July 27, 1993.

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Windows Registry

The Windows Registry is a hierarchical database that stores low-level settings for the Microsoft Windows operating system and for applications that opt to use the registry.

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Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2003, codenamed "Whistler Server", is the sixth version of the Windows Server operating system produced by Microsoft.

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Windows XP

Windows XP is a major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system.

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See also

Computer worms

Email worms

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sober_(computer_worm)

Also known as Sober (Virus), Sober (worm), Sober X, Sober worm, Sober.Q, Sober.X, Win32:Sober-L, WinREG.