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Subject: Re: Virus Alert: Symantec sorted it

Author: GuyHaworth

Date: 14:04:01 12/05/02

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On December 05, 2002 at 11:31:38, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote:

>           Please see ==> W32.Bugbear@mm Removal Tool
>http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.bugbear@mm.removal.tool.html
>The W32.Bugbear@mm Removal Tool does the following:
>1. It terminates the viral W32.Bugbear@mm processes.
>2. It deletes the viral W32.Bugbear@mm files and the Trojan that the worm drops
>(detected by Symantec antivirus products as PWS.Hooker.Trojan)
>3. It deletes the registry value that was added by the worm.


Thanks:  Symantec is top of the Google 'bugbear virus' response for a reason.
It all worked out fine, and I'm on 'Code Green' again.

One viral process knocked on the head:  three files deleted - all round nasty
piece of work, the bugbear virus.

g




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