SoBig Virus Breaks Speed Records
By Dennis Fisher

So far, SoBig.

The virus that has been rampaging through corporate networks and bringing mail servers to their figurative knees all week is now officially the most prolific piece of malware ever, at least by one measure. MessageLabs Inc., an e-mail security company based in New York, said it saw more copies of SoBig.F in its first 24 hours of life than it has of any other virus in a comparable period. Ever.

That's no mean feat, considering some of the digital refuse that has hit the Internet in the past couple of years. Viruses such as Klez, Melissa and the Love Bug all caused their fair share of damage and each was at one time or another considered to be as bad as it gets. But this most recent incarnation of SoBig has taken the title, at least for now.

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