mcafee & bugbear.b

[Malcolm Bishop]

Hi,

We are using McAfee and have noticed the same thing. Perhaps it is a new
variant? However, I did have a quick look on a couple of anti-virus
companies sites and there does not seem to be any information about a
new variant.

Thanks

Malcolm



> Hello,
>
> We've been blocking Bugbear.B since yesterday although as usual Mcafee
> appears to be slow in releasing their DATs.   However I've noticed that
> every now and then mailscanner is blocking emails that have double
> extension attachments which look suspiciously like Bugbear.b but it is
> not picked up as Bugbear.B.  I've tried scanning the quarantined
> attachment again with the latest DAT but again no virus is detected.  Is
> this a different variant or is there a another problem.  Has anyone else
> using mcafee noticed this?
>
> Thanks
> Anjana