I recieved over 50 emails with both virus subjects just today, but from many different people and my Norton says that my system is totally clean of viruses.

this is a pain it the... >

I simply refuse to use the address book. And when I send my Email address to someone else(which btw is few and far between), I ask them not to put it in a address book. So far, this has worked quite well for me. I have had only one viral Email which was promptly deleted.
Also, I open only those that I know are coming, and scan any with attachments.
This saves me a lot of grief.
And I do run quality Anti- Virus/Trojan software.
First line of defense is yourself, do not open Email with attachments unless you are absolutely certain you know who and where it came from. Even then, be alert and suspcious.

Sorry to hear that, grayhaze.

I used to have incoming virii when I used my old e-mail address that supposedly came from other Stardock personel. And they received mail just like that. Upon closer examination they came from other sources instead. On this new machine I am using a new e-mail address and for about half a year I have no incoming virii anymore.

MadIce knocks on wood.

I use an up to date virus scanner and we are testing a new spam killer too. So far, so good.

W32.Sobig.E

New variant of W32.Sobig worm W32.Sobig.D and W32.Sobig.E have been
spreading at an alarming rate. Like the earlier version these new
variants do mass mailing and attempts to email itself to all the
email address found in your system.

The infected email comes with following details:
SUBJECT:
Re: Application
or
Re: Movie

BODY:
Please see the attached zip file for details.

ATTACHMENT:
your_details.zip

On execution it spreads on local drive as well as in network shared folders.

If you receive any email with about subject or attachment then just
DO NOT OPEN OR EXECUTE THE ATTACHMENT.
Delete those mails!

The biggest contributor to the alarming spread of this and other virii are those who refuse to update their systems, or run proper software, or allow themselves to be suckered into opening the stupid attachments in the first place. >

The problem with sending out replies to the senders of e-mails with attachments is that modern viruses give the e-mail a fake sender address in the header which is taken at random from the address book of the infected machine. If you send an e-mail to this address chances are you'll only be met with confusion and upset a few people in the process when you accuse them of having a virus.

The best defense is to keep an up-to-date virus checker on your machine and be careful about opening attachments. Chances are if any of your friends send you an attachment on purpose they'll add a little more to the message body text itself than what little the viruses add.