W32/Bugbear@MM is rated as HIGH RISK FOR HOME AND CORPORATE USERS. This mass-mailing worm attempts to send itself to email addresses found on an infected system. It also spreads through open network shares and has the ability to send print jobs to printers found on an infected
We got 6 yesterday in Malaysia Singapore and Bangkok. I think this spreads through Outlook Express yes? How long will it take people to realise that a shift to eudora or pegasus could save them a lot of embarassment and bad PR? We actually got the first few lines of a highly confidential memo from one client becuase of this.
ukgimp
9:42 am on Oct 4, 2002 (gmt 0)
Recieved one this morning. I deleted it without opening, not so for a work mate though. Oh dear :) go download the massive stinger.
DaveN
9:50 am on Oct 4, 2002 (gmt 0)
Our SMTP server has automatically delete over 4500 Bugbear infected emails in the last three days
Big problem in the uk Dam Right it is. what worries me is all the small ISP like us which don't virus check email in and out of their systems.
DaveN
tbear
6:42 pm on Oct 4, 2002 (gmt 0)
Stupid telefonica (spain) tech left a clients outlook express settings opening mail automatically - then in came BugBear........ Got a good mind to advise to sue telefonica for the costs of cleaning-up the machine. Funny thing is I'm now getting some of their mail to a hotmail account of mine! Including the bounced back infected mails that went out of their computer. I smell something fishy. Since my client has been getting damned good results from their website (as is expected from a webby werld member lol) do you think someone is being spiteful? They say they had lots of infected mails sent to them before the tech arrived (to fit adsl - still not finished a week later....)
