[Am-info] Bugbear virus continues worldwide spread

[John J. Urbaniak]

Aha!  The "AIDS virus" of computers.  I knew it had to come.

John


Erick Andrews wrote:

> The viruses are getting more sophisticated.  I'd heard of this but didn't
> know what it did.  I'm glad the piece mentions the platform:
>
> "Bugbear also seeks out and destroys computer security software, leaving users
>  vulnerable to all other viruses as well.
>
> "The virus exploits a flaw in the Microsoft Windows operating systems. Bugbear contains
>  it own email engine, so it can infect and spread from machines not running Microsoft
>  Outlook. "  [...but I think they must be running Windows -- EA]
>
> See:
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,804689,00.html
>
> --
> Erick Andrews
>
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