# SoBig virus

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sobig-virus/28891>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [August 19, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sobig-virus/28891 "2003-08-19T21:52:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 3:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sobig-virus/28891/21 "2003-08-24T03:05:01Z")

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I have been infected with the kirupaForum mailer virus. I get like 20-50 emails a day from this spoofed name. No hope for removal.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 5:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sobig-virus/28891/22 "2003-08-24T05:06:03Z")

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The servers of my IP are down at certain times because of e-mail overflow due to this virus. I’ve never got those mails though.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 6:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sobig-virus/28891/23 "2003-08-24T06:30:47Z")

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Yeah, it does scan all of the files in your computer for traces of any email address that it might find. This also means Temporary Internet Files (but they usually get deleted on close of IE.)

So Far, I haven’t been hit by big time viruses like Blaster or SoBig. But my hotmail account gets a whole bunch of RE: STUFF YOU DON’T NEED!!!11 Spam mail but none has any attachments of any kind…

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