Hi everyone, This is to let you know that you need to be on the lookout for viruses. The BadTrans is going around again (still??) and, earlier, I had to remove 2 subscribers because they were infected. I do not want this to now become the topic of discussion. If you want, you can e-mail me privately on this. I have, as of this evening received 4 infected e-mails, from 3 different people, so it is VERY important that we do discuss this now. But please remember if you want to discuss it further, contact me off-list. The following is from the Symantec.com (NORTON ANTI-VIRUS) website, found here....... http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected] ml [email protected] Discovered on: November 24, 2001 Last Updated on: November 24, 2001 at 12:19:48 PM PST [email protected] 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. This worm arrives as an email with one of several attachment names and a combination of two appended extensions. The list of possible file names is: HUMOR DOCS S3MSONG ME_NUDE CARD SEARCHURL YOU_ARE_FAT! NEWS_DOC IMAGES PICS The first extension that is appended to the file name is one of the following: .DOC .MP3 .ZIP The second extension that is appended to the file name is one of the following: .pif .scr The resulting file name would look something like this: CARD.DOC.PIF NEWS_DOC.MP3.SCR etc. When executed, this worm copies itself as kernel32.exe in the "\windows\system" directory. It then adds the following registry value: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\Kernel3 2=kernel32.exe. Prevention methods: 1. Corporate email filtering systems should block all email that have attachments with the extensions .scr and .pif. 2. Users should not open any emails with an attachment that matches the names listed above. Any email that has such an attachment should be deleted. Removal instructions: 1. Run LiveUpdate to make sure that you have the most recent virus definitions. 2. Start Norton AntiVirus (NAV), and make sure that NAV is configured to scan all files. For instructions on how to do this, read the document How to configure Norton AntiVirus to scan all files. 3. Run a full system scan. 4. Delete all files that are detected as [email protected] 5. Remove the registry value listed above. DO NOT OPEN ANY ATTACHMENTS FROM ANYONE YOU DON'T KNOW! I would recommend for everyone, if they don't already, to get some type of anti-virus protection for your computer. There are really good ones out there, and some are even free, so please, protect yourselves! BadTrans is sneaky, it will appear as a response to an e-mail you sent, since it replys to unanswered mail. Remember, you will NEVER receive an attachment from RootsWeb............they come from the individuals computer that has become infected. Most of the time, they are not even aware that they have it. And also remember that there are SEVERAL different versions of BadTrans, this is only one. PLEASE watch out for yourselves. If anyone needs help finding anti-virus software, or if you have any questions, please contact me OFF list. Diana [email protected] List mom for the ACHOR, ACHORD, AR-CIVIL-WAR, AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS, AR-RAILROADS, AR-SAWMILLS, ARKANSAS SURNAMES, ARKANSAS, BLACKSMITHING, CANCER-SUPPORT, COUNTRY-MUSIC, ESSEX, FLINT-KNAPPING, KID-CRAFTS, LAKEY, OBER, OUTLAWS OF THE OLD WEST, PEOPLES, SHATSWELL, STODGHILL, TELEVISION, VILLINES, VIOLIN-MAKERS, WOODWORKERS and WORZ mailing lists.