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To confirm what others have recently said, Bugbear is a real virus out in the wild, as also reported on the radio today. Here is H-Net's warning about it.
Dave
> -----Original Message-----
> From: H-Editor Moderator Peter Knupfer
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> Sent: 04 October 2002 02:16
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: W32.Bugbear@mm worm
>
>
> Dear colleagues:
>
> The latest virus annoyance, W32.Bugbear@mm, is in the wild; it's
> showing up in a lot of your mailboxes as random email messages with no
> "to:" line. Subscribers might complain that they are receiving
> unsolicited mail from you, or that you are infecting their
> machines. Even if your machine is infected, you can't infect someone
> else's machine: they have to open the attachment to do that.
>
> The worm:
>
> -- tries to stop antivirus and firewall processes on the
> infected machine
> -- mails itself out to random addresses it can spoof from the infected
> machine
> -- sometimes uses a double extension attachment (e.g.,
> "filename.exe.pif")
> -- opens one of the computer's ports to permit hackers to
> send commands
> to it
> -- tries to spread itself to computers on a network connected to the
> infected machine
> -- does not affect Macintosh, Unix, or Linus operating systems
>
> Norton's most recent antivirus definitions, released yesterday, do
> detect this worm. You can read more about it at:
>
> http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.bu
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As always, the best defense is at the desktop. Keep antivirus programs
running and updated. Run a full system antivirus scan at least once
weekly, preferably after your latest antivirus definitions have been
installed. If your machine is always on, always use a firewall. Don't
open attachments you are not expecting. Attachments with the
extensions .exe, .bat, .pif, .scr are particularly suspicious. Change
passwords frequently.
regards
Peter
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