And here i was expecting .ZIP file from the FBI and CIA telling me that I need to full out a "survey" :) -Wil Martin Hannigan wrote:

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Here is some more interesting information. I'm not positive this is Sober.Z related but it's walking like and talking like a duck.

First I see the below DNS requests, shortly after I see many SMTP packets hitting Hotmail, AOL, Yahoo.com, Yahoo.co.uk, Progegy, etc.... Looks like it's... Sending SPAM?!?!

No! Not that!

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This I didn't expect at all, here is a trace from one of the known infected users:

This is how these folks make money.