George gave you the virus, not any of the rootsweb maillists. Viruses can't go thru the lists so you can't pass it on to us thru the lists. The lists are all in text. Viruses don't cling to text. They cling to formatting. Formatted msgs to the lists are either converted or booted. I have always used Eudora email program and never have a problem with viruses UNLESS I open an attachment with a virus and I wouldn't have my virus checker turned on. You are using Outlook Express email program which is susceptible to viruses unless your virus checker is on "auto pilot." So no apology necessary to the maillists. If you have sent messages to individual people then you need to let them know that you have a virus and they probably/may have it, too. They may not know they are passing it on to people they are sending messages to because the virus sends itself to people in your address book and goes out on messages without your knowledge. Take two aspirin and you will be alright tomorrow. Oh, keep your virus checker on auto pilot. Good luck. Gloria list manager At 06:48 PM 4/17/2001 +0000, Pam Hart wrote: >Dear Family, Friends and Fellow Researcher, > >First let me appoligise to those of you who will be getting this >more then >once. Unfortunatly, I have gotten this virus going around, and I >know some >of you don't know how to get rid of it, as I didn't. I have >written to the >virus doctor at Trend Micro and this is the responce I recieved to >get rid >of it. I felt this would be the easies way to let you know how to rid >yourself of this virus if you don't know how. This is the answer I >recieved. >I hope it helps someone, and if I have been responsiable for any >of you >recieving this I am sorry. Unfortunatly I tried to open the file I >recieved >from George on the Campbell list and that is how I got it. Pam Hart > >-----Original Message----- >From: Virus Doctor at US <Virus_Doctor@trendmicro.com> >To: 'Pam Hart' <pshart1@voyager.net> >Date: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 10:20 PM >Subject: RE: [0418.94.mary] TROJ_BADTRANS.A help! > > > >Dear Customer, > > > >Greetings of peace. > > > >Please delete the following: > > > >inetd.exe found in the win.ini file or in the registry. > > > >hksdll.dll in the windows\system directory. > > > >KERN32.EXE is also detected as TROJ_BADTRANS.A. > > > >If you can't delete the detected file/s please follow the steps > below: > > > >1. Take note of the location of the detected file > >2. Reboot your system to DOS prompt. If you can't find this > option you may > >restart your system then before the Windows logo appear, > immediately press > >F8. > >3. You will be seeing the Windows Startup Menu. > >4. Choose the Command prompt only option. This will take you to > a command > >prompt. > >5. from c:\ prompt delete the file > > > >syntax: in c:\ prompt type DEL <file location><filename> hit > ENTER key > >example DEL c:\windows\system\GDI32.exe > > > >6. Reboot the machine normally. > > > >This memory resident Internet worm propagates via email clients > that use > >Windows sockets, such as Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express. > It replies > >to all unread email messages with itself attached to the email. > The email > >sent by the worm has the same subject header and message body as the > >original email. The name of the sender will be the name of the > user who is > >currently logged on to the infected computer. This worm also > modifies > >WIN.INI so that it is executed at the next re-boot. > > > >Below is the hyperlink which describes TROJ_BADTRANS.A and how > to remove >it. > > > ><http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=T > ROJ_BADTRA >N>S.A> > > > >Scan your system again and delete all file/s detected as > TROJ_BADTRANS.A. > > > >A Trojan horse is a program that performs some unexpected or > unauthorized, > >usually malicious, actions, such as displaying messages, erasing > files or > >formatting a disk. A Trojan horse doesn't infect other host > files, thus > >cleaning is not necessary. To get rid of a Trojan, simply delete the > >program. > > > >Please update your pattern file and scan engine regularly to > keep you safe > >from virus attack. > >Download the latest pattern at this site: > ><http://www.antivirus.com/download/pattern.asp> > >Download the latest scan engine at this site: > ><http://www.antivirus.com/download/engines> > > > >If you have any other inquiries, please feel free to contact > us. Thank you > >and have a nice day! > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Pam Hart [mailto:pshart1@voyager.net] > >Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 12:09 AM > >To: Virus Doctor at US > >Subject: TROJ_BADTRANS.A help! > > > > > >Dear Doc, > > > >I recieved this virus, Sat. and found out from your site that it > is in 3 > >files. > >C:\windows\system\kern32 > >C:\system\hksdll.dll > >C:\INETD.EXE