Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Badtrans virus alert!
From: "Mark Pope" <mark.teampope@ntlworld.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 17:22:09 -0000
References: <B82CE7C1.17036%jbcollier@powersurfr.com> <3C07B224.435BF34B@hale-pohaku.com>

I've mailed Tony and had a reply from him, so he's aware of the problem.
Hopefully, he can clean his system up.

Mark
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Painter" <dennis@hale-pohaku.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: 30 November 2001 16:21
Subject: Re: [Leica] Badtrans virus alert!


> To All:
>
>
> It is a worm. My info came from here:
>
> http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.badtrans.b@mm.html
>
> The computer Tony Salce uses has it. (hopefully had it) as I also got a
badtrans
> mailing from him. The worm prepends a _ to the return address to prevent
replies
> from being received. I removed the _ from the return address and emailed
Tony. As
> yet no reply from him.
>
> Get Zone Alarm, get a good  virus program and keep the virus database up
to date.
> Otherwise it is only a matter of time before your computer is infected and
the
> effect can be costly in your time.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> John Collier wrote:
>
> > I have been getting it from a variety of Leica-Users over the last week.
I
> > was not sure it was a virus because my Mac just shows a blank email with
a
> > small triangle in the top left corner. The senders email address has a
"_"
> > added to the front of it.
> >
> > John Collier
> >
> > > From: "Mark Pope" <mark.teampope@ntlworld.com>
> > >
> > > my AV software has just alerted me to a file with the Badtrans virus.
I
> > > think that it may have come from someone called Tony Salce.  Apologies
to
> > > Tony if this isn't actually the case.  Thank goodness for Norton
Anti-Virus!
> > >
> >
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In reply to: Message from John Collier <jbcollier@powersurfr.com> (Re: [Leica] Badtrans virus alert!)
Message from Dennis Painter <dennis@hale-pohaku.com> (Re: [Leica] Badtrans virus alert!)