Attachments cannot come through the list... Hence... You cannot get a virus through the list... If you are getting one it is because your name is in an infected person's address book. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stella Stanger" <sstanger@sfu.ca> To: <ALBERTA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 2:13 PM Subject: [ALBERTA] F-Secure Virus Descriptions- Badtrans etc. NO Attach. > There are No Attachments to this Message: > > Good Afternoon, We all appear to be receiving the current Computer Virus. > The following site - gives a description of the Virus and how it works. > http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/badtrs_b.shtml > > Stella ---------snipped to save our database-------------
Hi Gary et al These forums aren't really the place to talk viruses but I must differ with Gary Boivin. The Badtrans virus comes embedded into an email sent only via Outlook or Outlook Express. It does NOT have to be in an attachment. Gary, I mean no offense and you are correct that the worm is in somebody else's computer. Just this minute Badtrans was in my inbound mail and Norton intercepted and disposed of it. If you want to know more go to Norton or McAfee or read yesterday morning's Globe and Mail. If you think you have it on board, do clean your system as Badtrans places a file on your system such that it can/may send data back to its origin including credit card numbers if you shop on line. By the way, this is not the only `worm' that can arrive embedded within a message. Oh yes, my mail just now included NO ATTACHMENTS and I used only Eudora Pro. You all can read about this worm at: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.badtrans.13312@mm.html It this line appears broken be sure to enter all or simply go to Symantec and enter Badtrans into the search, select viruses and hit Enter. Ensure your Win.ini file's run= statement is blank. For assurance, also do a full scan of all files and replace any that are suspect. Ron Davies Surrey, BC At 02:27 PM 11/27/01 -0700, Gary Boivin wrote: >Attachments cannot come through the list... >Hence... You cannot get a virus through the list...