Be careful, I JUST received another copy via this reflector.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eddie Schneider" <edlyn@california.com>
To: "RttyReflector" <rtty@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 20:46
Subject: [RTTY] Virus
> Below just received from McAfee and should explain the increase in viral
> activity.
> Wise folk will always have their virus scanner active and download updates
> at least once a week.
> Eddie, W6/G0AZT
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> ** VIRUS ALERT - W32/Badtrans@MM **
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> McAfee.com has received an increasing number of reports from
> home users with a new variant of Badtrans, referred to as
> Badtrans.b. AVERT has raised the Risk Assessment on this
> variant of W32/Badtrans@MM to HIGH RISK FOR CONSUMERS.
>
> VirusScan and other McAfee products with DAT files 4172 and
> higher are protected from this variant.
>
> W32/Badtrans@MM is a mass-mailing worm that drops a
> remote-access Trojan. The virus arrives via the Microsoft
> Outlook email program and attempts to send itself by replying
> to unread email messages.
>
> The email may contain the text "Take a look to the attachment"
> in the message body and will contain an attachment that is
> 13,312 bytes in size. The attachment name is created in
> three sections, for example, card.doc.pif.
>
> For detection and removal instructions for the
> W32/Badtrans@MM virus, click here.
> ===> http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=2608
>
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