'Beebone' Computer Virus Makes Its Way To Attack Indian Cyber Space

                                      

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 unauthorized entry of malware.

About Beebone

'Beebone' belongs to the notorious family of Trojan malwares which get a "privileged access" into a users computer by faking its identity and deploying smart and corrupt techniques to attack vulnerable computers.

Defences to beat 'Beebone' attacks

* Exercise caution while using external/removable storage devices

* Disable auto run 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

For computer technology geeks, the agency has put out the names of aliases acquired by the virus.

Trojan.Win32.Jorik.Fareit.qru (Kaspersky)

W32/Autorun.worm.aaeh!gen (McAfee)

W32/VobFus-BX (Sophos)

Trojan horse ( Symantec)

Trojan-FBZZ! 41E0B7088DD9 (McAfee)

Beebone-FMQ! 039FA2520D97 (McAfee)

Worm.Win32.Vobfus.dxpf (Kaspersky)