Marjorie and everyone,
The virus in question emails itself out. The person at this address probably
doesn't know that he/she is infected yet.
The virus is the BadTrans virus. The attachment goes by several names, and there
is usually a line at the bottom of the email that says "Look to the
attachment."
If someone tries to open the attachment, the virus infects their computer. Once
infected, the virus then proceeds to email itself out to all unanswered emails
in the inbox. This has happened on several lists that I belong to (currently
happening on three -- Parker, Camp, and another that I've forgotten already). If
I sent a query to those lists, I'll get an email back quoting part of my query,
along with an infected attachment. That's because my email from the list will be
in this person's inbox, and the virus will answer it. Fortunately, I have
antivirus software running that scans all the emails as they're coming in, so
the viruses were caught and deleted immediately.
This episode stresses the importance of having antivirus software installed and
running, keeping it up-to-date, and being very careful about which email
attachments to open.
Sorry this is off topic, but it's been a big problem on several lists that I
belong to, like I said.
Deborah Bay
Denver, CO
JMTsparks(a)aol.com wrote:
Hello List,
DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT associated with the address:
pf107(a)mindspring.com
IT IS INFECTED WITH A VIRUS!!!!!!
I do not know if this is deliberate or not. If deliberate is a very evil
person. I sent a message to this list a few days ago as a reminder of the up
coming CAMPE reunion.
WOULD THE LIST MANAGER: Please investigate this? Thank You.
Regards,
Marjorie