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    1. [WILHITE] Snow White Virus & W32/BadTrans@MM Virus
    2. George W. Durman
    3. Will everyone on these Lists please check your computer for viruses. Someone has started another round of the Snow White Virus and it is impossible to tell from whom it was sent, other than the emails I received came from someone using "@worldnet.att.net". PLEASE, I ask everyone again -- if you don't have an Anti-Virus program, GET ONE; if you have one by have not kept it up to date with the latest data files, UPDATE NOW; and if you have one and it's up to date, CONFIGURE IT PROPERLY to catch email and attachments that contain infections. Also, there is a new deadly strain of the W32/BadTrans@MM virus making its rounds. It was rewritten by some miscreant and doesn't even show up in your email as an attachment! It arrives in email that has nothing in the body; since this virus uses email from you sitting on someone's computer, it will show a subject of something you have sent previously -- DO NOT BE FOOLED INTO OPENING IT! With the W32/BadTrans@MM virus, the From: address shows the true address of the infected person, but a "_" (underscore) is placed in front of the name. So, look from email from addresses with this underscore as the first character. Don't OPEN such emails; delete them immediately! I normally don't like to see virus warnings on these Lists, but these new attacks are so dangerous I feel everyone needs to be advised. Regards, SgtGeorge George W. Durman Listowner

    11/26/2001 08:17:11