Virus, Hoax & SPAM Alerts

11-12-99: BubbleBoy Virus

This nasty little vermin places itself in your startup commands and propogates itself using certain vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer version 5 and Microsoft Outlook (or Express). [Win95*, Win98, Win2000]

--> You do NOT have to open an attachment for BubbleBoy to propogate <--

Symantec: Bubble Boy Report
Datafellows: Bubble Boy Report

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* - Win95 with Windows Scripting Host installed

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