I have seen heavy email virus activity during today and yesterday. All I have received have been the same: W32.BadTrans.B@mm. Symantec shows this to have been discovered on 24 Nov 2001. They provided a new data update on the same day. If you have not updated your a/v software in the last 2 days, you probably should check for available updates. They show it being widely distributed, but easy to detect and remove if your a/v software is up-to-date. W32.Badtrans.B@mm is a MAPI worm that emails itself out as one of several different file names. This worm also drops a backdoor trojan that logs keystrokes. The advice of what to do about it remains unchanged. The purpose of this notice is to remind you of what you should *already* be doing. 1. Have anti-virus software installed. 2. Obtain a data update for it at least weekly (automatic update or notification service is recommended). 3. Scan your computer for viruses periodically. I usually do so every week or so, but with this kind of activity, I do it every night. 4. Never open attachments from people you don't know, and open them from those you know only if you know what they are. Please do NOT post a response to this message on the list. You may send such to jr@jrshelby.com if you'd like. John Robertson