I received the Badtrans virus from Marianne Stringer in reponse to my query on this mailing list , the virus came privately ,not through the list. I tried to email back to Ms. Stringer privately but the mail was returned . My computer was not infected, Norton Antivirus (which I keep updated ) caught it .I just wanted to tell her she has the virus in case she hasn't discovered it yet . The virus sends out to people in your mailbox and you can be totally unaware you have the virus. Linda Harper