That's a lot of work. Not using Outlook frees me, it seems, from having to deal with this garbage.
Sorry you got infected, but, just out of curiosity, if various MS products are so susceptible to this sort of thing, why use those products? Is there some feature about Outlook that makes it more desirable compared to other mail programs? Kent Gittings wrote: > > It's known as the W32.Badtrans.B virus. It tries to pop up some kind of > control panel for something and then hangs. But it is really trying to > access your email list to replicate itself. My wife's machine got it last > week although she didn't see it. However those are the same symptoms. In my > case I saw it come in and try to make me install the Win Media module which > I squashed. then I switched Outlook to offline mode and figured out which > message it was and then finally got around to reinstalling the AV package I > have and didn't bother in my last HD upgrade. Had to upgrade to the latest > PC-cillin 2000 to get it because it won't show up in a file scan of the > drive as it is imbedded in the Outlook mail box as an undetectable > attachment (JavaScript). Had to use the PC2K special feature of scanning the > Outlook attachments to find it. Then set the scanner to check email as I > opened it. This had to be done because after rebooting and going back on > line all my last 400+ messages were redownloaded again to my desktop. this > means it is affecting the status of the Deleted Item list in Outlook. This > time when downloaded it caught it immediately. > So keep your AV tools updated. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/pow/enter.html http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/cameras/pentax_repair_shops.html - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
