It may be that I have received an e-mail with the BADTRANS.B VIRUS attached. I haven't opened it, and won't. It seems that someone is customizing these attacks upon individuals.
------Harry Pristis
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>Subj: Re: Re: paleonet Burgess Shale Fossil Theft
>Date: 11/26/01 5:39:40 AM Pacific Standard Time
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In a message dated 11/26/01 7:43:43 AM Pacific Standard Time, bengtson@uni-hd.de writes:
Yes, it's is the BadTrans.B virus. This time not only MS Outlook users
beware. I am using Eudora and it sneaked into my folder "Embedded". Update
your virus scanner. Maybe the virus did come from Janice McCafferty, if her
system is infected. If the sender's e-mail address starts with an
underscore character and if the message is empty, then you are at risk.
Check http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.badtrans.b@mm.html
Peter
At 26.11.01 15:44, you wrote:
>Just got an email that looked like it was coming from a valid email
>source. Looked like it was coming from Janice McCafferty who has some
>Paleo pages at
>http://www.prehistoricsillustrated.com/paleogallery_Janice_McCafferty.html
>
>However ... It is a VIRUS ... Norton's just caught it on download before it
>was opened.
>
>IF YOU GET THE FOLLOWING EMAIL .... DELETE IT
>
>Subj: Re: paleonet Pennsylvanian (geological) Link
>Date: 11/26/2001 7:24:23 AM Central Standard Time
>From: _trooper@midmaine.com (Janice, Petra, Mac)
>To:
>
>File: IMAGES.DOC.pif (29020 bytes)
>DL Time (40000 bps): < 1 minute
>
>(THERE IS NOTHING IN THE BODY OF THE EMAIL)
>
>I don't know if this is just a mistake or a virus attack against specific
>individuals.
>
>Barry
>Lakeneosho@aol.com
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Prof. Dr. Peter Bengtson
Geologisch-Palaeontologisches Institut