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ISPs warned to Sober up

Internet service providers (ISPs) have been called on to check their user traffic patterns to enable them to locate and switch off machines that have been infected with the Sober worm.

The majority of those infected with the virus are PC users who have no idea they are carrying the virus.

The news comes despite the fact that the virus is no longer trying to replicate, but experts believe that customers should still be warned so that their PCs can be disinfected.

F-Secure, the antivirus company, issued a statement aimed at ISPs saying: "Locate the users that produce an unlikely large amount of constant hits to people.freenet.de, scifi.pages.at, home.pages.at, free.pages.at and home.arcor.de.

"Contact these users and let them know they are likely to be infected with Sober and they should clean up their act."

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