Attention all listers:
There is a new form of the BadTrans virus going around. The virus attaches
itself to an infected computer's mailing list and sends itself out s email.
What is different about this virus is that you do NOT have to open an
attachment to get it. Simply opening the infected email will give it. You can
tell which mails have it because the sender's address will have _ in front of
the name. It uses the infected persons email address as the
sender, BUT it adds "_" (underscore) before the real address. For instance
the address would be _somebody(a)something.com
The body ofthe email will be completely blank. There are no attachments, so
there is
nothing to click. The virus is embedded in the body, with cute code to hide
it; the recipient never sees anything but a totally blank message.
Anyone using OUTLOOK (not Outlook Express) will infect his/her computer if
he/she merely OPENS (reads) or PREVIEWS the email. The email has no
attachment to click to activate it; it is activated by opening it, by the
hidden HTML code in the email.
The best thing to do is to be SURE you have an anti-virus software. (Or get
a Mac :-) So far Macs are not affected by this one.
Janet C-S