Sober still accounts for 4 of 5 worms and viruses

Friday, 6 May 2005, 1:08 AM EST

Sober.p, the worm that stormed the Internet Monday, showed no signs of fading away as of Thursday morning, an anti-virus vendor said.

"It's had quite the impact," said Graham Cluley, a senior technology consultant with Sophos. "Although it's not on the level of a really major worm, like Sobig of last year, Sober is the biggest we've seen so far this year."

By Gregg Keizer at TechWeb.

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