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| Thread ID: 25380 | 2002-10-02 09:48:00 | BugBear - Virus/Trojan | Vince (406) | Press F1 |
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| 85409 | 2002-10-03 04:52:00 | A little beaut this one. A mate's copped it despite XTRA's virus scan and NAV! You may be interested to know that it turns off NAV. The NAV icon gets wiped from the system tray and you can't even run NAV from within SystemWorks. Charming, what else it does I don't know. Now I'm told his system just locks up when he tries to run the fix from Symantec. Oh hell! Wonder if there are different strains? Cheers Bob |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 85410 | 2002-10-03 05:06:00 | TYep, NAV, ZoneAlarm... The works See here: www.norton.com for a list of the things it kills and does. As i said... Update, before you get it. Norton wont work for him now... go with http://www.grisoft.com as that'll remove it no sweat. 5 Meg download.. Its worth it. So UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE before you get it, Norton users especially coz It wont last 30 seconds (I think that's how often it payloads). Check the above URl for all software affected. If you're a Linux or Mac user - GOOD ON YA MATE! Cheers Chilling_Silence |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 85411 | 2002-10-03 05:17:00 | Mac user - GOOD ON YA MATE! Watching events evolve with smug amusement. It is like the never ending story, we saw it with Klez and others and now this. Everyone should be aware of the precautions to take by now. |
Jim B (153) | ||
| 85412 | 2002-10-03 05:25:00 | I'm not a mac user, But a Win2K user that is precausious (Spelling) to stay virus free! | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 85413 | 2002-10-03 05:34:00 | Thank you all for your replies Chill are you saying i don't need to use the removal tool as Terry suggested? as i am pretty sure i haven't got it - YET!! I haven't opened any suss mail in the past few days and never do anyway and all seems o.k, i use O.Express but do not use the preview pane and have my security settings set not to open suss attachments and as an extra measure i rang xtra and had them delete my mail from the server that i hadn't downloaded today,just to be safe. Also i am thinking that as my friend who is infecteds computer crashed immediatedly (today)it may not have had a chance to send out any mail, however i presume it will be different when her computer is up and going again if not done properly??? Terry - should i download the removal tool anyway even if i don't use it - one question with regard to the removal tool is: Will i loose my system restore points??? As it says to disable system restore (i am using xp). One last thing i always thought i had to open the attachment (virus) to execute it? Am i wrong in this and will they still automatically open??? Thanks a bunch to you all - your help in this is most appreciated and i wanted to be sure i had covered everything i possibly could to protect my system- It looks like F1 has taught me well!!!!! As the security measures i use are only from being taught off here over the last year! Thanks again to you all :-) |
J ZEP (336) | ||
| 85414 | 2002-10-03 05:46:00 | Okay.. Long post... Download it if you like, provided you have current antivirus (If not... Again, Goto grisoft.com) you should be sweet! With this, as soon as the message is opened it asks you to open the file or save the file to disk. GO CANCEL! You shouldn't loose your system restore points. But!! If you do get infected, and clean your PC after, Reset the system restore to the current scenario! that way you dont backup to an infected PC! I wouldn't rely on Xtra.. or Ihug.. they're not foolproof and they both reccommend that you use your own protection anyways. Hope this helps Chilling_Silence |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 85415 | 2002-10-03 06:06:00 | >With this, as soon as the message is opened it asks you to open the file or save the file to disk. GO CANCEL! Thanks Chill that was what i was curious about - so it won't auto open. I will get that message/dialogue box if i accidentally open one, Thanks again. > I wouldn't rely on Xtra.. or Ihug.. they're not > foolproof and they both reccommend that you use your > own protection anyways. Believe me i don't !!!! I always stay up to date with my NAV and have got into a habit of running "Liveupdate" everyday or so before checking my e-mail, as well as using "auto live update". Thanks once again - hope we all manage to stay virus free!!!;-) |
J ZEP (336) | ||
| 85416 | 2002-10-03 06:16:00 | LIVE UPDATE USERS BEWARE!!!!!!! The Norton Live Update update has not been updated by Symantec to handle Bugbear. To ensure you are protected, download the manual update (3.4MB). The live update definitions will be released soon, but not yet... G P |
Graham Petrie (449) | ||
| 85417 | 2002-10-03 06:16:00 | Ooops - thats for NAV users only!!! (i forgot to say) G P |
Graham Petrie (449) | ||
| 85418 | 2002-10-03 06:25:00 | :8}:8}:8}:8}:8}:8}:8}:8}:8} My Bad!!!!:8}:8}:8}:8}:8}:8}:8} It seems that my information source was unreliable. I thought I had better check it AFTER I had posted the above warning, and I was wrong :( You are OK if your defs are dated 30 September 2002 or newer. Sorry. G P |
Graham Petrie (449) | ||
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