The virus is called W32/Badtrans-A - Details of the virus from
www.sophos.co.uk
W32/Badtrans-A is a worm which uses MAPI to spread. The worm arrives in an email message
with the text
"Take a look to the attachment"
It includes an attachment filename which is randomly chosen a list The infected computer
sends an email in reply to any message received
** How to recogise the W32/Badtrans-A virus **
If you receive a reply to a _Gwynedd_ -Anglesey- - Caernarfonshire- -Merionethshire -
message which contains several
lines from your original message followed by this phrase:
Take a look to the attachment
Then
Do not **under any circumstances** open the attachment
Delete the message
If a list member has contracted a virus such as W32/Badtrans-A, then in the interests of
other list members,
he/she will be advised and unsubscribed immediately and until such time as he/she has
cleaned their PC, when they will be resubscribed.
Yvonne Edwards
General Secretary Gwynedd FHS
List Administrator
WLS-GWYNEDD
WLS-ANGLESEY
WLS-CAERNARFONSHIRE
WLS-MERIONETHSHIRE