A virus that's hard to bear

Many of you have probably heard of the bugbear virus, but hopefully none of you have had the unpleasant experience of encountering it. While much of its "payload" is designed as an annoyance, it does have potential as a security risk.

Some of its characteristics are:

	Once a machine on your network becomes infected (normally through an email), it will copy itself to other PCs that share their drives. The file is placed in the startup directory of these machines so that when they restart they too become infected. This makes cleaning the virus quite difficult, as all PCs must be checked at the same time otherwise they will continue to infect one another.
	The virus can disable many of the popular brands of anti-virus and firewall software, meaning that not only will the virus go undetected, but your machine may be vulnerable to outside attack while connected to the Internet.
	One sign that a machine on your network has become infected with the virus is when network printers start to print page after page of garbage. The virus will look for network printers and then copy itself to the printer, resulting in up to 500 pages of wasted paper.
	The virus also has the capability of logging keystrokes. This means that passwords to online banking can be trapped.
	The virus does NOT have a bear icon. Hoax e-mail writers have taken advantage of the situation and resurrected an old hoax e-mail that involved the file "JDBGMGR.EXE" which has a bear icon. The file is a standard file and is unrelated to the bug bear virus.

You can reduce the chances of the virus spreading across your network by making sure that only hard drives that need to be accessed via the network, are shared. If you do share drives then make sure they are password protected.

Due to its ability to disable virus scanners, many of the anti-virus software companies have released special removal tools especially for this virus. If you are infected, or just wish to make sure that you are not, you can download one of the following:

McAffee AVERT Stinger

http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger

BitDefender Anti Bug-Bear

http://www.bitdefender.com/download/
download.php?file=AntiBugBear.exe

Symantec BugBear Tool

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/
venc/data/w32.bugbear@mm.removal.tool.html

  How Do I?

How do I get superannuation information from Pay2k?

There are 3 reports in Pay2k that are specific to reporting superannuation information. They are SUMMARY, DETAILED and BY FUND.

The reports are accessed from END PERIOD>SUPERANNUATION REPORT.

Summary Report

The Summary Report prints a superannuation report based on the information held on the Superannuation tab of the Employee Record. It picks up the current figures held in the Last, Month to Date (MTD) and Year to Date (YTD) fields of this tab. The Summary Report cannot be run historically.

The report lists the employee's Code and Name, the amount of Member contributions, Employer Contributions and Salary Sacrifice. The information on each of the contributions types displays the amount in the employee's Last Pay, and their MTD and YTD amounts.

When running the Summary Report you need to:

	Select to sort the report by CODE, LAST NAME or DEPARTMENT
	Select the month name to print as part of the heading of the report from the Month field. This field does not select the data to print on the report it just determines the information for the report title.

Note:
As the information on this report is picked up from the employee's record it is affected by the running of the Clear Monthly Totals option. If the Clear Monthly Totals have never been run the MTD figures will match the YTD figures on the report. If the Clear Monthly Totals have just been run the MTD figures on the report will be zero.

Detailed Report

The Detailed Report looks at the information held for each pay run and can be run historically.

The order of the Detailed Report is determined by the order in which the employee, date and superannuation transaction are listed on the report form. To change the report order drop down the list beside items 1, 2 or 3 and specify which of the options should go in that position. The report will list the amount of employer or member superannuation organised by the order you have specified.

The report can be run in Detailed or Summary mode by selecting the appropriate option. It can also be restricted to include only certain employees, certain superannuation transactions, and/or pay run information for a certain date range.

To subtotal the Detailed Report by Department simply select the Department tick box. Selecting a specific department or departments will restrict the report to only those departments.

By Fund Report

The By Fund Report will list the Superannuation Fund Name and the Fund Number for each of the superannuation funds entered in Pay2k.

Each employee that has contributed to the fund will be listed on the report. The details given will be the employee's Code, Name, Date of Birth, Membership Number, Employer Contribution, Member Contribution and Total Contribution. A total for the amount of contributions to the fund is also included.

When running the By Fund Report you need to:

	Select the superannuation fund or funds you want to report on. Each fund will be printed on a new page.
	Select the employees you want included in the report
	Select to run the report based on the Month to Date or a date range

You can now either preview or print the report.

Note:

Month to Date	The Month to Date option reports on the figures held in the Month to Date field of the Superannuation tab on the employee's record. The drop down to select the month will only set the heading to print at the top of the report and does not select the data that will be included on the report.
Date Range	The Date Range option selects the amounts to be included on the report based on the information held for each pay run with a pay date in the selected range. This version of the report can be run historically as it looks at the information that is held for each pay run.

Superannuation information can also be obtained from REPORTS>EMPLOYEE HISTORY>DETAILED.

  Website of the Week

www.nationalgeographic.com

The National Geographic website is such a fantastic source of interesting information that it’s hard to know where to start!

There is a daily news section on the site’s home page featuring interesting current issues and stories. The Guides area links to categories featured in the magazine, Adventure, Animals & Nature and History & Culture.

Anyone who has seen a copy of the National Geographic magazine will be familiar with the quality of photography featured. The website has a Photography section that allows you to scroll through a series of photographs and also save them to your computer as "wallpaper".

As you would expect, the website is also a great source of educational information. There is a Homework Help area for students and plenty of resources for teachers including lesson plans, printable maps, quizzes and games. There is even a NG Kids link to a magazine especially for kids, featuring games, fun facts and stories.

The National Geographic website is certainly worth a visit, whether you are seeking to improve your knowledge about the world or just have a bit of fun. It really does seem to have something for everyone.

  Quote of the Week

"Bad times have a value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss."
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Author and Philosopher

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Heather McKay
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