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I recently opened a file from a colleague that was
a virus attachment. The virus name is W32/Badtrans@MM (McAfee) or
W32.Badtrans.13312@mm (Symantec). Some of you were sent a message from my
computer by the virus, a mass mailing worm. The message is in the form of a
reply that has been truncated and has the line "Take a look to the attachment"
added at the end. I have sent each person that I can identify as having received
a message from me with the virus attached a separate copy of this
warning.
The attachment can have about twenty different
names. If you attempt to open it, you get an "Install Error" message that reads
"File data corrupt: probably due to bad data transmission or bad disk access."
Hopefully, you have not seen this message.
My copy of McAfee is a little over one year old,
but had data files just one month old. I have e-mail scan on and heuristic
scanning set for macros. It still can not find any trace of the virus, but I
went through the manual deletion process described on the McAfee site and the
symptoms seem to be gone. At first, the virus crashed Internet Explorer when I
went to the antivirus sites (a characteristic of this virus). I was able to get
to a site after a couple of attempts. I did not open Outlook Express and it
appears no additional messages were sent out.
I could tell I had the virus when my home computer
kept trying to log onto my internet service provider. It was then I recognized
that Outlook Express had sent messages to all of you with the virus attachment.
The messages were not in the sent mail box, they had been sent back to me
(another of the characteristics of this virus). I also noticed that while I was
offline reading mail, my outbox was growing in message size.
Sorry for any inconvenience. Let me know if you
need any additional information.
Scott Rippetoe
Academy of Science and Technology 27330 Oak Ridge School Road Conroe, Texas |