harbormaster
11-29-2001, 02:22 PM
A Virus called W32/BadTrans.B-mm was first detected by MessageLabs VirusEye on 23rd November 2001.
The virus picks a subject line from an email on the compromised PC, and prepends it with 'Re: ', thus appearing to be a reply to a genuine email.
The mail contains no message but has an attachment such as stuff.MP3.pif or info.DOC.scr
Under some circumstances, the email causes a pop up to appear inviting the user either to open or save the file before the attachment is identified.
If you see this pop up box, click cancel and delete the message from the inbox and from the deleted items folder.
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In plain english: If you get an email message with a subject "re:" from someone you do not know, then delete it. Do not open it. Norton antivirus has a fix for it.
The virus picks a subject line from an email on the compromised PC, and prepends it with 'Re: ', thus appearing to be a reply to a genuine email.
The mail contains no message but has an attachment such as stuff.MP3.pif or info.DOC.scr
Under some circumstances, the email causes a pop up to appear inviting the user either to open or save the file before the attachment is identified.
If you see this pop up box, click cancel and delete the message from the inbox and from the deleted items folder.
__________________________________________
In plain english: If you get an email message with a subject "re:" from someone you do not know, then delete it. Do not open it. Norton antivirus has a fix for it.