Hi folks, Just a reminder, since I have been hit about 8 times in two days, about the W32.Badtrans.13312@mm worm. It comes with an attachment, that has different names. About 12 in all. All named differently. You will get a message, that will be in a reply to one of your messages that you have sent out, yourself, but the infected party has yet to get around to reading yet. This worm affects all unread mail in your mail program. When you go to open this attachment (yes, many are still opening) you will get a warning, that the file is corrupted. Darn tootin! All will be fine until you close down or reboot your machine. As you reboot, it will infect your system, send out mail to all unread messages in YOUR inbox, then attach one of its many infected attachments. One tip off, is the way these files are saved. Double file extensions. Example, pics.pdf.scr or something similar to that. At any rate, you will need to check your systems to make sure that you are not infected and please go to this site for help on how to do just that and to clean your system if you are infected. This worm is hitting all over, and no matter what you do, it seems to still come in. I have tried to set up a block sender, in my rule department in my mail program but without luck. Still it comes in. Think this is due to the fact that it responds to your mail. The site to check out is: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ Good luck everyone. It is not hard to get rid of. And once you set up your virus program, set it up to update daily, once a week at least so that you have the newest protection on your system, and also make sure that you have your program to "prompt you for action" or you may become infected and not be aware of it. Sorry to have taken your time, list, with this. But wanted to get this out there one more time, since it is coming in a flurry again with the Montgomery List as well as one more county in NC that I am on at the moment. Remember, this worm works by tricking us into thinking that someone is trying to help us. In other words, if I sent out a message, asking for help on my Cranford line, when it hit the infected machine, it will turn my message back around, send it to me, again, but add one line at the bottom, "look to attachment" and nothing else. Whatever you do, DON'T Look to the attachment. When in doubt, write the party back and ask if they sent you an attachment, get them to reply and then ask them to resend the attachment. Cathy Cranford-Ailstock pastseeker@nc.rr.com http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cranford/cathy1.html Listowner for Montgomery County, NC http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cranford/montinfo.html Listowner for The A*I*L*S*T*O*C*K, B*R*U*T*O*N, C*R*A*N*F*O*R*D, F*O*X*H*A*L*L, H*A*T*H*C*O*C*K,J*U*R*Y & O*Z*I*E*R Lists *** To see one's self more clearly One needs to seek the past. C.C. Ailstock