Virus warning

Bungie

Is this the virus that tells you to check your hard drive for a BEAR icon within your hard drive? Then tells you to remove it because it is a virus???

If it is I assure you it is NOT a virus and despite you trying to remove the BEAR icon it will reappear when the machine reboots.

If what you are speaking about is not this particular one then please advise.

Nope, its real and nasty

From http://www.symantec.com/

Security Response: W32.Bugbear@mm
W32.Bugbear@mm is a mass-mailing worm that is rapidly spreading to Windows
users.

The subject and attachment name of incoming emails are randomly chosen. The
attachment will have a double extension ending in .exe, .scr, or .pif.

Symantec Security Response has released virus definitions to protect against this
threat, as well as a removal tool to assist in recovering systems already infected.

After two serious virus attacks last month; I set my Norton Antivirus to buffer and examine every email BEFORE it can appear to click on it. Many emails are now bare in the inbox list because the program strips the virus attachment BEFORE it gets into the system. If you don’t accept attachments and only use text emails, much of the problem disappears as well.

Bungie

Thanks for your post I have got the killer for this 32BugBear virus but would hasten to add that there is another just like it doing the rounds as well so keep your Norton Antivirus current and you will be fine.