[dba-Tech] Printer virus

I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news,



On 2012-06-11, at 1:26 AM, Mark Breen wrote:

> Hi John,
> 
> What should we be using?  I do not pay too much attention to it, but I have
> McAfee on a few sites.
> 
> thanks
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> On 8 June 2012 16:43, John Bartow <john at winhaven.net> wrote:
> 
>> You guys still using McAfee? Really?
>> 
>> Anyway, keep us up to date. I haven't any reports of this happening yet.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda
>> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 9:36 AM
>> To: Off Topic; Dba-Tech
>> Subject: [dba-Tech] Printer virus
>> 
>> Hi all, we've been experiencing problems today across all our sites
>> (worldwide) with printers spooling out reams of paper with random ASCII
>> characters all over them, reminiscent of the Bugbear virus from about 10
>> years ago.
>> 
>> It's not just us, there's lots of Internet traffic about this, it's
>> happening everywhere. See
>> https://community.mcafee.com/thread/45989?start=0
>> for more details.
>> 
>> Importantly as ever, keep your anti-virus up to date and active.
>> 
>> 
>> Jon
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