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Leon Sisson
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Initially Posted - 11/25/2001 :  18:59:03  Show Profile  Visit Leon Sisson's Homepage
Derek,

I just received an e-mail with your name on it, with an invalid return address, no subject line, no visible text, and about 40KB of hidden binary content. So what's up with that?
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John G-
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Response Posted - 11/25/2001 :  20:37:18  Show Profile  Visit John G-'s Homepage
<font face='Comic Sans MS'><font size=2>Leon – Derek I received the same thing. Not recognizing Derek’s name and only “Re:” in the subject line I deleted it without opening it, however I do recall the message was 40K. I suggest both of you run Norton’s an
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 11/25/2001 :  21:28:10  Show Profile
Gentlemen! I am most sorry. My PC picked up 2 viruses from one e-mail today - w.32Badtrans.B... and a version of Nimda. My Norton did not detect either of them. Apparently you do not even need to open the attachment (which I didn't) for the viruses to exe
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 11/25/2001 :  21:31:53  Show Profile
P.S. What is even scarier is that I don't have either of your e-mail addresses in my book....I have not e-mailed anyone on this forum today
except Buzz (who has been warned).
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John G-
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Response Posted - 11/25/2001 :  22:14:07  Show Profile  Visit John G-'s Homepage
<font face='Comic Sans MS'><font size=2>Derek – Thanks for the heads up on the specifics. Besides a certain amount of privacy I use a generic e-mail address (hotmail) on the forum for just that reason. Having been through SirCam I know how destructive a w
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eric.werkowitz
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Response Posted - 11/25/2001 :  23:21:40  Show Profile
Derek,

I'm pretty sure the virus can't run unless you open the e-mail. Do you have "preview" enabled on your e-mail software? If so, that is what opened the e-mail and allowed it to propagate.

For everyone else, this would be a good time to disa
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 11/26/2001 :  12:47:21  Show Profile
Gentlemen - I am happy to announce that my PC is now virus free. My son, the computer guru, did the honors for me. I do apologize for any problems I may have inadvertently caused.
And yes Eric - my preview feature is now disabled and thank you for the ex
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John G-
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Response Posted - 11/27/2001 :  10:40:38  Show Profile  Visit John G-'s Homepage
<font face='Comic Sans MS'><font size=2>It seems the “Badtrans” virus is spreading rapidly and is now hitting the news. Here is a hot link to a[url="http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/11/26/badtrans.worm/index.html"] CNN/Science Technology article. [/u
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John G-
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Response Posted - 11/28/2001 :  20:26:10  Show Profile  Visit John G-'s Homepage
<font face='Comic Sans MS'><font size=2>I just received another e-mail with the Badtrans.B worm. Luckily it was addressed to my hotmail address. Again thats why I use a generic address.
This time it was from a Brad Wagner. I won’t post his e-mail BUT he
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Shelby
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Response Posted - 11/30/2001 :  10:31:56  Show Profile
I got the same message from Brad Wagner with attachments...which I deleted without opening. Just watch out for anything without a real subject matter and attachments.

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Mark Maxwell
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Response Posted - 12/08/2001 :  14:59:38  Show Profile
For those of you who may have doubts about whether or not you have this 'Badtrans Virus' and if your Anti-Virus program is out of date, this link has a program that is designed to find it and remove it from your PC. http://securityresponse.symantec.com/av
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