We are very grateful. Thank you! Bettie ----- Original Message ----- From: Linnea Travis Miller <ltmiller@ptd.net> To: <PENNA-DUTCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 8:13 PM Subject: Re: [PADutch] Virus Alert > --============_-1221630869==_ma============ > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" > > First of all this W32.Badtrans.13312@mm has nothing to do with any > list held at Rootsweb. You are receiving a reply to your post to this > list by another subscriber who has "caught" this bug. > > It's an annoying little worm that replies to your unread e-mails and > attaches itself for propagation purposes. It appears as if the person > you wrote is replying to your post since the subject is "RE: > [whatever the subject was]. What will tip you off is that the message > you sent is only partially quoted AND at the bottom is the > statement: > Take a look to the attachment. > > The attachment can be any number of these files: > > Pics.ZIP.scr, images.pif, README.TXT.pif, New_Napster_Site.DOC.scr, > news_doc.scr, hamster.ZIP.scr, YOU_are_FAT!.TXT.pif, searchURL.scr, > SETUP.pif, Card.pif, Me_nude.AVI.pif, Sorry_about_yesterday.DOC.pif, > s3msong.MP3.pif, docs.scr, Humor.TXT.pif, fun.pif > > Whatever you do DO NOT even attempt to open these attachments!!! If > you have, you have infected yourself and you must clean your system > of all infected files. A good site to visit is: > http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.badtrans.13312@mm.html > > the Symantec (Norton Antivirus) site. They give tips on how to > eradicate your system of this worm. > > Don't be embarrassed if you did open the attachment and infected your > system. Just clean it up and use your anti-virus software regularly - > and make sure you have the most recent update! If someone sends you a > message telling you what they've received and that you have this > worm, believe them. You won't know unless someone receives one of > your "replies". > > Some good guidelines for use of e-mail are: > > 1. Don't open attachments from people you don't know. > 2. Don't open attachments you don't expect. It may be from someone you know > but it isn't something they intended to send. > 3. Run some good virus software - Norton or McAfee - all the time. Keep your > updates of their virus definitions current. > 4. Back up your data!!!! Viruses are not the only peril you face. > (Lightning, power surges, fire, vandals...) > > Good luck! > > -Linnea Miller > > At 4:08 PM -0400 5/21/01, Alfred J. Spiry SR. wrote: > >Thanks for your e-mail on the virus.I got the Halph Tewsbury and "bit", my > >McAfee caught it, but said that > >I had to delete "C:\Windows\HKK32.Exe" and replace it from a back up. > > > >Since you appear to much more computer literate, where > >can I find out w > > > ==== PENNA-DUTCH Mailing List ==== > The official webstie for this list is at: > http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/~padutch/ > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >