At 12:59 PM 11/28/01 +1000, Tom & Lorrae Johnson wrote: It seems to be all mail boxes with unread mail in them. I have been reading info on all the antivirus site but they all keep referring to the attachment...there is no apparent attachment to any of the messages...I have received it 5 times again tonight. The only way I can stop from being infected is to close the mail window pane and then when you have downloaded messages run your virus program and then open messages offline. I say offline because if you are still connected and any more emails come in then you have unscanned messages again. I have been getting updates from my virus program site. I have downloaded 4 since yesterday!! BUT it is not picking this up as it comes in....any one know why. It did with the last Badtrans virus. I use Eudora and keep finding it in the embedded file in the program. Any one have any other suggestions besides what a lot of other people who keep getting it are doing.......unsubbing from all the lists they are on. That may be the only option at this stage. Any ideas out there Diana >Hi Diana > >I do not keep any emails in the INBOX, except the ones arriving, which are >then sorted into 'his' folder and 'my' folder. > >You stated that it was the unread email in "my inbox" - what of unread email >in other boxes/folders? > >It would appear that this 'tricky one' beat the anti virus programmers as >well.. I received my first from Phyllis on Saturday and another three on >Sunday, but Monday and Tuesday were my worst days. Shows how many of my >emails are kept but not read, eh?? > >See my email about 'deleted emails' for the effect on my program. > >Again, if anyone is waiting a reply from me, please send again. > >Lorrae Johnson >Plainland Qld 4341 >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=helmrich > > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Diana Burgess [mailto:nburgess@powerup.com.au] >Sent: Tuesday, 27 November 2001 9:14 PM >To: MIDMARCH-L@rootsweb.com; LANARK-L@rootsweb.com; >NORTHANTS-L@rootsweb.com; SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com; >WESSEX-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com; ENG-WORCESTER-L@rootsweb.com; >AUS-QLD-SE-Germans-D@rootsweb.com >Subject: To All From DIANA BURGESS I have infected many of you > > >this sneaky little Badtrans virus infected me whilst I was reading all of >your woes. Now I am clean BUT as I have a lot of mail marked as unread in >my inbox most of you would have received a reply from _me. The steps I have >taken to ensure the virus stays away are very simple. The virus is spread >faster if you have your mail window pane open so that the message appears >immediately.....I have closed mine. I have also changed my options to >marking all mail as unread after 5 seconds. This means there will be no >unread messages left in my inboxes. I don't understand why my virus checker >which had just been updated not 10 minutes before the suspect mail arrived >in my inbox didn't pick it up but did when I manually ran the mail program >through my virus program. This one sure is tricky. >The virus was located in Eudora(my mail program) Embedded\Sorry_ about_ >Yesterday.MP3pif-Win32. Badtrans.29020worm. >hope I haven't caused any one too many problems. >The upside is...I had several advertising emails unread as well.....<G> > >______________________________