I assume everyone knows about the Symantec security site:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/
this is very good for distinguishing between viruses and hoaxes
For Bugbear:
Systems Affected: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000,
Windows XP, Windows Me
Systems Not Affected: Macintosh, Unix, Linux
... what a surprise!
Dr Jonathan Kay
On Monday, Oct 7, 2002, at 17:17 Europe/London, Jennifer Johnston wrote:
> There is a nasty little virus called bugbear which winged it's way to
> me via an e-mail attachment 'Shortcut to northwind'. Looked like my
> address had been picked up from the ACB mailing list so BEWARE
>
> Jennie Johnston
>
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