Just a warning to anyone who might receive an email from me containing an attachment - DELETE IT IMMEDIATELY AND EMPTY YOUR RECYCLE BIN.

We just found out tonight that we were infected with Bugbear.

We've managed to successfully remove it, but I'd hate for it to spread using my computer and email contacts.

Irene

Isn't this the hoax that tells you to delete jdbmgr or something like that? Go to Norton Antivirus and make sure. They have a fix if it was the hoax.

I don't know about a hoax, Emily. This was a real virus that we had to download a fix for. I've been so paranoid since, I've run a virus scan every day since then.

Irene

This is from the McAfee website

The question is which one were you warned about?

I also thought this sounded like the hoax one, so I checked snopes.com when Irene first posted... and snopes say bugbear is all too real.

You know, you can automate daily virus checks with most programs...

Yes, it is real. Unfortunately, a lot of my university was infected. I recieved 3 strange emails from professors that were affected with the virus. Luckily, my virus scanner caught them.

- Alicia