On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Thomas Mueller wrote: > I don't think this virus does anything in DOS. So you're safe, and so am I.
Even if you run Windows, but don't run IE or OE, you're still unaffected. > I received > two messages containing what appeared likely to be the New Improved Badtrans, > which I saw as base64 code and declined to decode. Mine claimed to be an mp3 file. I decoded it, played it through xmms, and it was just static. That's what clued me in that it was likely not really an mp3. (on the 26th, I still hadn't heard about the new BadTrans) > So when I reply to tell them they have a virus, I edit out this leading > underscore. And they're ever so grateful, aren't they... :-/ More on this worm-virus at http://www.datafellows.com/v-descs/badtrs_b.shtml - Steve
