Hi all. This is not a hoax. > > > A new, rapidly spreading worm has been identified called > "Bugbear". > > This worm disables security (antivirus and firewall) > software and can steal passwords and credit card details (it installs a > keystroke logger on your PC and transmits all of your keystrokes to an > outside site). The worm also infects all other pc's on the network via > the address book and network shares. > > The infected emails are headed by a variety of greetings > intended to trick users into allowing them into their computer. The user > can get infected by clicking on the attachment. It is common for the > infected attachment to have a double-extension such as doc.pif. Some > possible message lines include: > > * 25 merchants rising > * announcement > * bad news > * call for information! > * click on this! > * Correction of errors > * Cows > * Hi there! > * I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive! > > So far, our anti-virus software has identified three > instances of this worm in our email system. The emails contained the last > two subject lines above. The emails have subsequently been purged. > > While we are catching and purging the worm entering our > email server, this virus could be ahead of the updates on some of our > desktops. It is still possible to infect our network by using an > unprotected home computer with a secure connection into the corporate > network or using personal email accounts at work (Juno, Mindspring, AOL, > etc.). > > Please update your home computers with the latest anti-virus > signatures, particularly if you connect in to Delaware's network, and be > careful when opening attachments (this virus can spoof or forge the name > in the From: field - so it might appear that you know the sender). > > Susan Cima, CISA, GSEC > Information Security Administrator > >
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