>I have just downloaded an MBX file from our co-located server to remove a
>28 meg mail that is clogging the mail box, I removed the other 10 files
>and pasted them into a new text file on closing kapersky notified me that
>the new file was infected with the above virus.
Most likely, the user with the 28 meg mail had received a copy of the
magistr worm, and it was sitting in the mailbox. When you downloaded the
file, Kaspersky caught it. However, since the worm was sitting in the text
file, it couldn't do any damage to you (you didn't actually have an
executable copy of the virus).
>Thinking I may be infected I scanned my system and boot partitions and all
>were clean.
You did the right thing. And, since you turned up clean, my guess is
likely correct that the .mbx file had the virus in it.
> From this I am deducing that the content of the MBX contains the virus
> but can find none of the keywords for this virus has any one got any idea
> of what else to look for ?
Searching for ".exe" might be the best bet. You'll may find a number of
hits, but should find the virus more quickly that way.
-Scott
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