Posted by: "R. Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Please DO NOT post computer virus warning directly to the list. Please send
them to me mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] and I will post the necessary
information.. Thanks.
These things are getting more sophisticated all the time. This one is scary
not because it harms anything but because it can infect your computer
without you even opening the email message.
This particular worm program effects people who use Microsoft Outlook or
Outlook Express with Internet Explorer 5. Likelihood of infection is rare
just a heads up to everyone. Below is some information about the
VRS.BubbleBoy worm
Description
VBS.BubbleBoy is a worm that works under Windows 98 and
Windows 2000. The worm will also work under Windows 95 only
if the Windows Scripting Host is installed. The worm will
only
work with the English and Spanish versions of the operating
systems, and not with Windows NT.
Microsoft Outlook (or Express) with Internet Explorer 5
must be
used in order for the worm to propagate.
To read about this worm program and see if you might be affected. Go to:
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/vbs.bubbleboy.html
Norton AntiVirus users can protect themselves from this virus by
downloading the current virus definitions either through LiveUpdate
or from the following webpage:
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/download.html
For McAfee users check out the below link. I do not use McAfee but it looks
like they have an updated dat file and a special file you need to download
to protect against this worm program. Go to the link below and download the
appropiate file for your version of McAfee's
http://download.mcafee.com/updates/updates.asp
Thanks to Sam Schock for the heads up on this one.
Rebecca Jones
db Virus Guardian
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Rebecca
http://www.concentric.net/~Jonesrr
