My friends - I am stopping by this morning to say that there is a new strain of the BadTrans worm/virus which is proliferating throughout the Internet. I have received 32 messages in the past 48 hours with the virus in them. Ordinarily, I do not bring virus information to the lists which I host. However, given the rapid spread of this strain, I want to urge you to update your virus definitions(this new strain just appeared a few days ago and if your AV program has not been updated, it may not catch the virus as it comes in), and then run a full scan of your system to insure that this virus is not lurking in your machine. One of the telltale signs that you have received a message with the virus in it is an underline mark at the start of the address, such as "_joesmith@anywhere.net". I have received messages from a number of people on the various lists which I host which were infected with this virus. If you have sent a message to me, and you get no response, it may be due to my AV program having quarantined the entire message, making it unavailable for me to respond to. Here are a couple of URL's with information on the current BadTrans strain and how to clean it: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.badtrans.b@mm.html As usual, there is no need for any discussion on this topic on the lists. The Virus-L list is the proper location to discuss the ins and outs of this new strain. I will return later with today's data posting. -B ============================================================================ == ============================================================ The contents of this electronic message are confidential and may not be forwarded or copied without the consent of the author.