Program to remove this virus.
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From: "Oxygen3 24h-365d" <oxygen(a)PANDASOFTWARE.COM>
To: <OXYGEN3COM(a)OXYGEN3.PANDASOFTWARE.COM>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 5:16 AM
Subject: Oxygen3 24h-365d [The W32/Badtrans.B virus continues to spread -
11/29/01]
- The W32/Badtrans.B virus continues to spread -
Oxygen3 24h-365d, by Panda Software (
http://www.pandasoftware.com)
Madrid, November 29 2001 -- The number of infections being caused by
W32/Badtrans is reaching epidemic proportions in some countries. The areas
hardest hit by the virus so far are the United States, France, Portugal,
Germany, the United Kingdom, and Scandinavia.
Panda Software offers users the PQREMOVE(*) utility, free of charge. This
tool automatically eliminates W32/Badtrans.B from infected systems. This
application can be downloaded from:
http://updates.pandasoftware.com/pqremove/pqremove.com.
To prevent infection from W32/Badtrans.B, Panda Software advises all users
to update their antiviruses, immediately, from the Customer Area on the
website at
http://www.pandasoftware.com.
As Oxygen3 24h-365d recently reported, W32/Badtrans.B is a dangerous worm
that spreads rapidly via e-mail. The file it is contained in has a
variable
name, which it makes up from three separate word lists. It also
installs a
Trojan designed to steal confidential data (passwords etc.) from the
infected machine.
Oxygen3 24h-365d reminds you that W32/Badtrans.b exploits a known
vulnerability in versions 5.01 and 5.5 of Microsoft Internet Explorer.
This
vulnerability allows an attached file to be run through the message
preview
pane in Outlook e-mail clients. Users with these versions are advised
to
download the corresponding patch from:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-020.asp.
More information about W32/Badtrans.B is available in Panda Software's
Virus
Encyclopedia at:
http://service.pandasoftware.es/library/virusCard.jsp?Virus=W32/Badtrans.B
(*) If you are using Netscape Navigator, follow these steps to download
the
PQREMOVE utility: First, right-click the corresponding link, then
select
the
'Save Link as...' option. Finally, indicate the directory to
which you
want
to save the file.
NOTE: The addresses above may not show up on your screen as single lines.
This would prevent you from using the links to access the web pages. If
this
happens, just use the 'cut' and 'paste' options to
join the pieces of the
URL.
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