Re: Virus on Prefixes and Suffixes

[Peter Milbury <pmilbury@ERICIR.SYR.EDU>]

Dear LM_NET,
On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Pam Nutt wrote:
> I just received two email messages from a Lisa Webb concerning the Prefixes
> and Suffixes.  My Norton's said it is a W32.Badtrans.  What is this?  Who
> ever this person is, it was sent twice.  Be careful, gang.
>
> It is quarantined, but my Norton's said it cannot fix it.  I didn't even
> open the attachment.

Good! You did the right thing-- you made use of your anti-virus
software.

What you describe is the pattern that the latest virus seems to be taking.

Please rest assured that it is not being sent to all LM_NET members via
LM_NET-- only to individuals whose mail is in the inbox of those who have
the virus.

It appears that your anti-virus software has protected you. Please refer
to your software manual that came with the anti-virus software for how to
deal with the quarrantined message.

Please also check with one of the anti-virus sites for information on how
to dela with computer viruses in general, and for information on the
characteristics of particular viruses as well. Here is a place that lists
a number of reliable sites:
   http://www.cert.org/other_sources/viruses.html

Best wishes,

Peter Milbury, Co-Moderator of LM_NET      pmilbury@ericir.syr.edu
School Librarian - CA TeleMentor              Chico HS, Chico, CA
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