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A new variant of the Bugbear virus--Win32.Bugbear.B--has emerged and threatens corporate and home computer systems, according to anti-virus experts.
Messagelabs, which runs outsourced e-mail servers for 700,000 customers around the world, has labeled the worm "high risk" and reports more than 31,000 infections in 120 countries.
Computer Associates expert Jakub Kaminsky on Wednesday confirmed the company's anti-virus laboratories had received their first sample of the variant from an Australian user late on Thursday afternoon, Australian time. Other security firms have also discovered the new worm "in the wild", or affecting computers outside the lab. IDefense first found Bugbear.B in Australia and the United States on Wednesday, and said it has since gained ground rapidly.
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http://msn.com.com/2100-1105_2-1013494.html?part=msn&subj=ns_1013494&tag=ab
Messagelabs, which runs outsourced e-mail servers for 700,000 customers around the world, has labeled the worm "high risk" and reports more than 31,000 infections in 120 countries.
Computer Associates expert Jakub Kaminsky on Wednesday confirmed the company's anti-virus laboratories had received their first sample of the variant from an Australian user late on Thursday afternoon, Australian time. Other security firms have also discovered the new worm "in the wild", or affecting computers outside the lab. IDefense first found Bugbear.B in Australia and the United States on Wednesday, and said it has since gained ground rapidly.
Read more:
http://msn.com.com/2100-1105_2-1013494.html?part=msn&subj=ns_1013494&tag=ab
