) It will not
come up when I try it--Helen--Also I just got another of those stupid
W32.Badtrans.B@mm. Helen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dusty Arnold" <dusty2(a)peoplescom.net>
To: <MSGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: [MSGEN] W32.Badtrans.B@mm
I am constantly getting emails with that W32.BADTRANS.B@mm worm, I
got one
today from Sue Howard. Can this list be shut down until folks get their
computers cleaned? This is where I got the 7 I had from yesterday until
this AM. I have gotten 3 since 8 AM--Helen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rich Holler" <rholler01(a)yahoo.com>
To: <MSGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 6:39 PM
Subject: Re: [MSGEN] W32.Badtrans.B@mm
> Don't use Outlook, but rather Netscape. My ZoneAlarm firewall
> caught and renamed the worm/trojan ... but then locked my Inbox!
> My Kaspersky Anti-Virus informed me of the bug, but as of last
> nite, had no "fix" available. After downloading the NOD32
> anti-virus program, I was able to clean out the virus with no
> problem. No more worries.
> Rich
>
> "Clare L. Herrick" wrote:
> >
> > This came this morning from Sam Boyle, Owner of
Sailnet.net and
> > of the Catalina sailboat email lists:
> >
> > "This virus is making the rounds right now. Only affects Microsoft
> > Outlook or Outlook Express. We were having trouble catching it
> > here until an update from Norton. McAfee caught it at home on the
> > first pass. It will try to execute when you view the message in
> > preview mode. You don't have to open the attachment to get it.
> > When you preview you should see a system message asking if you
> > want to allow the program to download. Click "NO" and then delete
> > the message. If you're not seeing a warning message then you've
> > got an older version of Outlook or Express that is vulnerable to this
> > type of attack. Do yourself and your address book a favor -- go to
> >
http://support.microsoft.com/ and upgrade your email to the current
> > version. It's free and has security measures to prevent this type of
> > attack.
>
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