New Delhi: A new and deadly variant of computer virus called ‘Beebone’ has been detected in Indian cyberspace and Internet security sleuths have warned users to safeguard their systems against its attack which leads to unauthorised entry of malware. ‘Beebone’ belongs to the notorious family of Trojan malwares which get a “privileged access” into a users computer by faking its identity and deploying corrupt techniques to attack computers.
The latest virus detected on the country’s Internet network is so notorious and lethal that it acquires as many as 20 aliases or masks to infect and attack a vulnerable computer system which is low on security features.
“Exercise caution while using external/removable storage devices, disable autorun functionality in Windows, keep upto date patches and fixes on the operating system and application software, do not visit untrusted websites, keep upto date anti-virus and anti-spyware signatures at desktop and gateway level, use strong passwords and also enable password policies and avoid downloading pirated software,” are some of the security features recommended by the agency.
Some of aliases acquired by the virus are– Trojan.Win32.Jorik.Fareit.qru (Kaspersky), W32/Autorun.worm.aaeh!gen (McAfee), W32/VobFus-BX (Sophos), Trojan horse (Symantec), Trojan-FBZZ! 41E0B7088DD9 (McAfee), Trojan.Win32.SelfDel.aqhh (Kaspersky), Trojan.Win32.Jorik.Fareit.qsl (Kaspersky), Beebone-FMQ! 039FA2520D97 (McAfee), W32.Changeup! gen40 (Symantec) and Worm.Win32.Vobfus.dxpf (Kaspersky). (PTI)
