thanks, what u described as the W32.Badtrans.B@mm virus is the one i got sent. sorry if i sent it to anyone. i tried it out to see what it did, jack didley really, norton picked it up and quarenteened it. so nothing major kernel32.exe it infected.
thanks for your help ryan >From: "Terry Rudd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: virus warnign again >Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 15:13:13 +1100 > >I haven't seen anything come thru the list, probably there have been a few >hits on the server but not much nasty stuff gets through to the list. The >nasty ones that are getting around this week look like a modified "Melissa" >or one of the nastier type called W32.Badtrans.B@mm that will capture your >keystrokes (including passwords.) The Melissa type copies a file from your >hard drive and adds a script. It's a bit clumsy and easy to pick, always >look at the properties of an attachment before you open it and if it has >two >periods in the file name eg mydatto.doc.scr don't open it but kill the >email >and notify who sent it to you that they have a virus (nicely of course). > >The problem with most of these virus's is that you don't always know you've >got it on your pc, so keep your condoms up to date and we'll be all OK. > >"W32.Badtrans.B@mm is a MAPI worm that emails itself out using different >file names. It also creates the file \Windows\System\Kdll.dll. It uses >functions from this file to log keystrokes." > >If you are interested you can get full details here: >http:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >ml > >regards >Terry > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of 1600 BoY >Sent: Friday, 30 November 2001 1:17 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: virus warnign again > > > >hey list, i think theres a virus going around and it could have ben spread >thru ozdat maybe. >its nothing major i opened it myself to see how bad it was and did jack >didley, virus protector picked it up straight away but the email is subject >is just RE: >its got 2 attachments. one a .txt file and one a sreen saver file. >but yeh just letting u know it sends itself around etc. > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
