07 Oct 2002
W32/Bugbear-A continues to cause problems
A week after its first appearance the W32/Bugbear-A worm
continues to cause problems. Sophos reports that a large number of
computer users are continuing to call its support department
requesting information about how to protect against the worm and
clean-up infections.
"We have seen a spurt of new activity as people have returned to
work on Monday morning and opened their email. We have also seen
reports from many home users who used their unprotected computers
at the weekend," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant
at Sophos. "Computer users need to remember that viruses are a
problem every day of the year and either get in the routine of
regularly updating their protection or put mechanisms in place to
automate their anti-virus updates. Updated anti-virus combined with
safe computing
common sense are hard for viruses to beat."
Companies are advised to consider solutions like Sophos Enterprise Manager which can help
automate protection updates inside a business.
Sophos released protection against the W32/Bugbear-A worm on
Monday 30 September, 15:42 GMT. Customers who were using Sophos MailMonitor for SMTP's threat reduction
technology were capable of protecting against W32/Bugbear-A in
advance of this time.
Sophos has made available a free disinfection tool which
can be used by non-customers as well as existing Sophos
customers.
About Sophos
More than 100 million users in 150 countries rely on Sophos as the best protection against complex threats and data loss. Sophos is committed to providing security and data protection solutions that are simple to manage, deploy and use and that deliver the industry's lowest total cost of ownership. Sophos offers award-winning encryption, endpoint security, web, email, and network access control solutions backed by SophosLabs - a global network of threat intelligence centers. With more than two decades of experience, Sophos is regarded as a leader in security and data protection by top analyst firms and has received many industry awards.
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.