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ABC Sci-Tech - 04/10/02 : BugBear virus wreaks havoc
on millions of computers
Fri, Oct 4 2002 11:18 AM AEST
BugBear virus wreaks havoc on millions of computers
Millions of computers around the world have been infected by a new virus
called BugBear.
BugBear records users' keystrokes to capture
passwords, attaches itself to emails and copies itself onto
computers.
It jumps anti-virus and firewall programs and may
allow unauthorised access to compromised machines.
Computer
security expert John Donovan says the virus replicates itself at a rapid
rate.
"It relies on people actually executing the attachment so it's
what we call a socially engineered virus," he said.
"People see that
it's come from maybe a friend, it may have an attachment that looks okay, they
double-click on it and pretty quickly they're infected."
The virus is
so active computer users have received emails from themselves containing the
virus.
The virus appeared four days ago and is regarded as one of the
most virulent yet seen.
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