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W32.Bugbear.mm
Virus Alert dd October 9, 2002


As may of you know, a new mass-mailing worm called W32.Bugbear@mm is going around.

It can also spread through network shares. It has keystroke-logging and backdoor capabilities. The worm also attempts to terminate the processes of various antivirus and firewall programs.

It may also flood shared printer resources, which causes them to print garbage or disrupt their normal functionality. See the Security Alert on website www.symantec.com/avcenter/ for more information.

Windows systems are affected and it is almost impossible to detect because the Subject and the name of attachment are variable.

If your PC is protected by Norton AntiVirus, make sure your Virus definition file is version 10/9/2002 rev. 3 .

A golden rule is to delete without opening any email message that looks suspicious.


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See update on variation of this virus

 

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