Klarinet Archive - Posting 000103.txt from 2001/05

From: stewart kiritz <kiritz@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Warning - A Klarinet member is accidentally sending a virus.
Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 05:59:28 -0400

Mark,

I just got a Norton virus warning while reading an email from mharris. The
email was disguised to look like a message from mharris. Since I had
updated Norton a few days ago, I assume that Norton detected it immediately.
I deleted the email at once and then rebooted the computer using Goback, a
program that restores the entire drive to a previous state, in this case one
hour ago. The email is gone, even from my deleted emails folder.

Do you think I succeeded in getting rid of the problem, or do you think I
still have to go through all the steps in the link you sent?

Stewart Kiritz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subject: [kl] Warning - A Klarinet member is accidentally sending a virus.

> It seems as if a member has a virus on her machine - mharris@-----.com -
> that will be sent to people posting on Klarinet in the last day or so.
>
> DO NOT OPEN THE MAIL from Miriam Williams unless you have an active
> anti-virus program! It contains a virus called W32.Badtrans.13312@-----.
>
> From the SARC:
>
> "Due to an increase in the number of submissions, W32.Badtrans.13312=mm
has
> been upgraded to a Category 4 threat. It is a MAPI worm that replies to
all
> unread mails in your email message folders, and drops a backdoor Trojan. "
>
> See
> http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.badtrans.13312@-----.html if
you
> do accidentally open it.
>
> This kind of thing can happen to anyone if they drop their guard just for
a
> moment ...
>
> Mark C.
>
>
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