Hopefully this warning comes before anyone is hit... tho my Norton Antivirus and ZoneAlarm firewall have stopped at least 4 infected messages over the past few days, including 2 from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Be safe! Liz Bradbury in Scotland, with Roxie the bouncing Berner; Newfs Toby and Maggie; & the 6 Feline Fiends. http://www.btinternet.com/~liz.Bradbury1
--- Original Message --- From: "Symantec" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Liz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 11:16:23 -0500 Subject: Virus Alert Notification - Update your virus definitions. >Dear Symantec Store Customer, > >Virus Warning! > >Symantec Security Response has released a new virus warning - Due to >the recent increase in submissions, [EMAIL PROTECTED] is now ranked >as a level 4 security threat. This mass-mailing worm is a variant of >last year's [EMAIL PROTECTED], and requires virus definitions to be >updated. > >Bugbear is an example of what Symantec terms a "blended threat". >This is a threat that uses multiple methods to propagate and >spread, and Symantec has seen a rise of these type of threats in the >last 18 months. [EMAIL PROTECTED] possesses keystroke-logging and >backdoor capabilities, which means that a hacker could take control >of your machine and your information. It also exploits a known >Microsoft vulnerability, so without the patch that secures this, >the worm can auto-execute on your machine as soon as you open the >e-mail. Computer users should consider firewall software in >addition to antivirus protection to prevent personal information >being accessed if they become infected with a Trojan. >
