Aust security experts warn against Bugbear complacency
Australian experts have warned that the Bugbear worm is still a significant threat to computer users, despite a fall in the number of reported infections over the weekend.
Bugbear knocks off Klez in Australia
Bugbear is on the way to overtaking Klez as the most prevalent virus in Australia, this week knocking Klez off the top of security companies' "top ten" virus lists. In many cases it is the first time in several months Klez hasn't topped the list.
Australia ranks high in Bugbear infections
Australians are more susceptible to Bugbear than to most worms, with 11.7 percent of reported infections coming from this country, compared to between two and four percent for most worms, according to Symantec.
Bugbear bugs Aussie business
As the latest worm attack spread across Australia, many businesses learned they were infected when their printers started exuding reams of garbage. ZDNet Australia spoke to one small business that lost a days work in the latest attack.
Worm attack puts Australian users under siege
Australian computer users are coming under seige, with two separate worms infiltrating systems with damaging and costly effect.
Virus pursues Aust credit card details
A new mass-mailer virus designed to seize credit-card information and passwords has surfaced in the United States overnight and poses a threat to computer users in Australia.
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As a administrator with 2000 mailboxes in my care, I have certainly seen a very large influx of bugbear over the last seven days (about 500 infected messages), but with the virus masking the senders address, I am bewildered at the number of companies that reply to virus infected messages informing that a virus has just been sent. In 3 days have indentifed 6 messages that "supposedly" came from our company. This resulted in 128 messages being sent to us telling us we have just sent a virus, resulting in NDR's being sent back. I wish other network Admins would fix their virus rules to not notify the sender of viruses! It was once a polite thing to do, but nowadays it is impossible to tell who the sender is, so the result is un-nessesry email traffic!