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New Bugbear worm races up virus charts

posted onJune 6, 2003
by hitbsecnews

Source: ZDNet UK

A variant on the fast-spreading Bugbear worm has emerged near the top of security firms' virus charts after appearing in the US and Australia overnight, with the UK particularly badly affected
A new variant of the Bugbear virus -- Win32.Bugbear.B -- has emerged and threatens corporate and home computer systems, according to antivirus experts. The worm has spread quickly during the day, hitting the UK particularly hard, according to data from email provider MessageLabs.

Computer Associates expert Jakub Kaminsky on Wednesday confirmed the company's antivirus laboratories had received their first sample of the variant from an Australian user late on Thursday afternoon, Australian time.

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