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Hello Jan
JR Turns out that
JR Webtrends has an updated engine that destroys
JR the virus which is being released on a case by
JR case basis.
This is a hard virus for the antivirus to stay ahead of because
it is polymorphic (changes
Nick,
On Wed, 05 Sep 2001, at 17:20:55 [GMT -0700] (which was 5:50 AM where I live) you
wrote:
looks like an error in CAI's virus-signature file ...
NA Why are you so sure it's in error? Perhaps you really *are* infected. I
NA would run another Anti-Virus Program... sort of second opinion
Hello Jan,
Wednesday, September 05, 2001, 9:19:04 AM, you wrote:
JRPC-cillin has reported a virus named
JRPE_MAGISTR.DAM on my system. Source is TB.
JRPC-cillin can't clean or delete it.
I promised myself I would contact the group tonight when I got home
about the same message I
! One of the best ways to prevent virus
infections is not to open attachments, especially when viruses such as
this polymorphic worm are being actively circulated. Even if the
e-mail is from a known source, be careful. A few viruses take the
mailing lists from an infected computer and send out new
On Wednesday, September 05, 2001 at 10:36 PM
Craig S. Reeder tickled the keyboard keys on the subject of:
TB! V1.54 Beta/7 - virus.
My response follows:
CSR Hello Jan,
CSR Wednesday, September 05, 2001, 9:19:04 AM, you wrote:
JRPC-cillin has reported a virus named
JRPE_MAGISTR.DAM
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Thursday, September 06, 2001, 3:36:00 PM, Craig wrote:
CSR Anyone familiar with how to configure
CSR NOD32's pop protection for the Bat? I tried their suggestion, but
I
CSR guess it eludes me.
Hi Craig,
I am
Hello Carren,
Wednesday, September 05, 2001, 11:56:31 PM, you wrote:
I hope that I haven't forgotten anything. I am sure if I have left
anything out Melissa will fill in the gaps! (Hi Melissa!)
Thank you for this information. I never saw any of this in the user
guide or the pop setup
Hello TBUDListers.
I noticed the following feature listed on the Poco Mail
website:
Support for virus protection E-mail can be used to spread
viruses disguised as file attachments. PocoMail can launch
your virus scanner automatically on any attachment
received, or you
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Hail jan
On 30 August 2001 at 13:16:37 -0400 (which was 18:16 where I live) Jan
Rifkinson rearranged electrons to get
JR Support for virus protection E-mail can be used to spread viruses
JR disguised as file attachments.
JR Can TB! do
Hello William others on this TB! list following this thread,
Thursday, August 30, 2001, you stated regarding TB! V1.54 Beta/7 -
auto launching anti-virus program:
JR Currently I save all attachments, open my anti-virus program
JR (PC-cillin) run a check on the individual file.
WM Have
Hello Allie,
On Thursday, July 26, 2001 16:12:28 [ -0500 GMT], you wrote the
following in regards to 'TB! V1.53d - virus email':
A In the options for the first filter rule you defined here, be sure
A that you have the 'send generated messages' option set to
A 'immediately' and not 'queue
on this list
as an example, with message-ID [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
!21/06/2001, 10:37:31: FETCH - [Inbox] could not store message (file name -
C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\bat5122.TMP)
I then use the despatcher to delete the message from the server.
If the virus is already in the message base (because PC-Cillin didn't
run
Hi Marck,
On Wednesday, June 20, 2001 02:46:15 [ +0100 GMT], you wrote the
following in regards to 'TB! V1.53bis - virus report':
JR 18:50:42,C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\bat157.tmp,PE_Magistr.A,Unable
JR to clean. Infected file was quarantined.,Administrator,Real-time Scan
JR Any
Hi Jan,
On Thu, 21 Jun 2001 09:37:47 -0400GMT (21/06/2001, 21:37 +0800GMT),
Jan Rifkinson wrote:
Thomas In order to stop this error message from occurring and the PC-Cillin
Thomas warning to pop up, you need to delete the message direclty on the
Thomas server. You can do it with TB's own
Hello TBUDListers.
The following was logged by PC-Cillin Anti-Virus program on my
machine:
Detected Virus List
Time,Infected File Name,Virus Name,Action on Virus,User Name,Scan Type
19:59:26,C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\bat17F.tmp,PE_Magistr.A,Unable to clean.
Infected file
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Hi Jan,
On 21 June 2001 at 20:04:44 -0400 (which was 01:04 where I live) Jan
Rifkinson wrote to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and made these points:
JR The following was logged by PC-Cillin Anti-Virus program on my
JR machine:
JR 18:50:42,C:\DOCUME~1
Hi Marck,
On Thu, 21 Jun 2001 02:46:15 +0100GMT (21/06/2001, 09:46 +0800GMT),
Marck D Pearlstone wrote:
JR The following was logged by PC-Cillin Anti-Virus program on my
JR machine:
JR 18:50:42,C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\bat157.tmp,PE_Magistr.A,Unable to
clean. Infected file
Hello Marck,
On Sunday, June 03, 2001 at 8:29:12 PM you wrote:
MDP Early versions of TB could be fooled by this under some
MDP circumstance (I can't recall exactly what they were)
I think the point were CR/LF in the filename ... this way TB! did not show the
last extension ... But don't nail
Hello TBUDListers.
I thought I read somewhere that some viri are now being spread via
jpg or jpeg files; don't know if that's correct. But assuming it
is, I noticed that these file types do *not* produce a TB! virus
warning. What are your thoughts on this?
--
Jan Rifkinson
a TB! viruswarning.
What are your thoughts on this?
What do you mean by a TB! virus warning Jan? If I include *.JPG under
Options/Preferences/Warnings/Always Display Warnings... Then whenever I
attempt to open such a file, TB! indeed warns me about the possibility
this particular file might
*not* produce a TB! virus
JRwarning. What are your thoughts on this?
I have not read this. Do you have a URL? *.jpg and *.jpeg files are
just pictures with no executable code. Since you refer to a beta
version (not allowed on this list ;-)), you can disable any file
types under the new menu item
Hello Jan,
On Sunday, June 03, 2001 at 6:29:13 PM you wrote:
JRI thought I read somewhere that some viri are now being spread via
JRjpg or jpeg files; don't know if that's correct. But assuming it
JRis, I noticed that these file types do *not* produce a TB! virus
JRwarning. What
. But assuming it
JR is, I noticed that these file types do *not* produce a TB! virus
JR warning. What are your thoughts on this?
That this is a confused report about the attack which involved a file
name x.jpg.scr, where the double extension was supposed to mask
the fact that the file
On Sunday, June 03, 2001, 12:00:01 PM, Thomas wrote:
Do they know people in high places?
Bill Gates.
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P O Box 47828
Wichita KS 67201-7828
316.263.9706 fax 316.263.6385
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Using The Bat! 1.53 Beta/11 on Windows 98 version 4,90
--
just answered the same
question on the German list, albeit in more detail.
z Be careful. On my setup, NOrton SAYS it has deleted/cleaned the file,
z but if I then examine the file, the virus is STILL there.
I use PC-Cillin, and it quarantines the file. So you cannot run it
accidentally.
--
Cheers
Hello TBTECH,
I am currently suffering from a virus that is embedded somewhere in my
accounts on TB! When I start TB! Norton Antivirus gives me a warning
about a virus in file: C:\Windows\TEMP\bat2121.tmp and it is infected
by VBS.LoveLetter.Variant.
The temp file bat # is different everytime
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Hello Byron,
Wednesday, May 23, 2001, 5:49:34 PM, you wrote:
BS Norton can identify it but can't do anything to clean this problem
BS out. Other virus programs don't recognize it.
Do you auto check mail every 10 minutes? Try dispatch mail
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Hi John,
On 24 May 2001 at 21:53:29 -0400(which was 02:53 where I live) John
Seymour wrote to Byron Steckel and made these points:
BS Norton can identify it but can't do anything to clean this problem
BS out. Other virus programs don't recognize
then examine the file, the virus is STILL there. I have been
deleting them manually to make sure they're gone, so they will not be
detected on the next virus scan.
ztrader
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Hi,
I'm dayling receiving mails without Sender and without Subject...only
creation Time is displayed and a .exe file is attached.
The message RFC-822 headers are similar to these:
Received: from l9w1e6 (ppp-230-134.27-151.libero.it [151.27.134.230])
by scrivilo.it (8.9.3/8.9.3) with
Hi Fabio,
On Mon, 9 Apr 2001 08:53:29 +0200GMT (09/04/2001, 14:53 +0800GMT),
Fabio Colonnello wrote:
FC How can I try to stop these spamming ?
I believe there is a chapter on spam handling in the FAQ.
FC Is anithing I can do with TheBat! to make a filter to automatically
FC delete these kinf
Hello,
Your instruction below is a bit unclear to me. The "regular
expressions syntax (basic)" in Bat Help does not tell me enough about
*implementation* within Bat. Can anybody help?
- - -
String: @ Location: Sender Presence: No Action: delete message.
- - - -
And I wonder, is this work
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On Mon, 9 Apr 2001 07:34:55 -0400, David wrote these comments:
DRA Your instruction below is a bit unclear to me. The "regular
DRA expressions syntax (basic)" in Bat Help does not tell me enough about
DRA *implementation* within Bat. Can anybody
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CRITT Matriaux LNE Est
lundi 9 avril 2001 15:11
Bonjour,
a have one problem, with the KAK virus.
My anti virus soft (VirusScan Network Associates) make a alert when
I access to the inbox folder. He tell me that the virus KAK is in a
files
Hallo Didier,
On Mon, 9 Apr 2001 15:29:11 +0200 GMT (09/04/2001, 21:29 +0800 GMT),
Didier MENE wrote:
DM When a close TB and scan the Win temp folder, I don't find the KAK
DM virus. In the TB/mail folder there are no virus. But always when a
DM new message come in, the anti virus make a alert
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Hello Ming-Li,
On Tue, 27 Mar 2001 18:00:40 -0800 GMT your local time,
which was Wednesday, March 28, 2001, 3:00:40 AM (GMT+0100) (BST) my local time,
Ming-Li wrote:
No, they do not have to be an attachment. It can
actually be the message itself
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Hello Thomas,
On Wed, 28 Mar 2001 12:23:52 +0800 GMT your local time,
which was Wednesday, March 28, 2001, 5:23:52 AM (GMT+0100) (BST) my local time,
Thomas wrote:
s We have learned that Melissa virus has recently been
s spreading again and may
On Wednesday, March 28, 2001 at 08:16:27 +0100 Jamie Dainton wrote:
RTF does not have to be sent as an attatchment. It can can just be
a message itself with it's encoding.
What got me curious is what emailer would encode its mail as rtf. Or
does it happen when one sends via MAPI from Word or
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On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, at 07:25:36 [GMT -0800] you wrote:
ML What got me curious is what emailer would encode its mail as rtf. Or
ML does it happen when one sends via MAPI from Word or other word
ML processor?
Any of the Microsoft mailers have an
Hi,
On Thursday, March 29, 2001, 5:25:36 PM, Ming-Li wrote:
What got me curious is what emailer would encode its mail as rtf.
Let me state for the record that Mail.app under NEXTSTEP used RTF for
formatting mail.
Regards,
Markus
--
Using The Bat! 1.52 Beta/1 under Windows NT 4.0 Build
1381
On Thursday, March 29, 2001 at 17:28:21 +0100 Stuart Tares wrote:
Any of the Microsoft mailers have an option to send an email out
using RTF. This may even be the default.
H, this is new to me. OE was my emailer before switching to TB a
few months ago, and I never knew it sends "RTF"
Hello Thomas,
You [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When will we discard ASCII, ISO-8859-x, Big5, GB2312, etc, and only
use UTF?
The day TB 2.0 comes out with full UTF8 support, I will :)
Cheers, SyP
--
Why do rhetorical questions exist?
--
Mi az
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Hi Marck,
Tuesday, March 27, 2001, 5:47:33 PM, you wrote:
MDP As we all know, TB2 has been "somewhat delayed" which may
MDP have thrown a minor spanner in the works.
Please tell me, where can I find useful information on TB! 2?
- --
Best regards,
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Hi daveiw,
On 28 March 2001 at 16:29:59 +0100 (which was 16:29 where I live)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote to Marck D. Pearlstone and made these points:
MDP As we all know, TB2 has been "somewhat delayed" which may
MDP have thrown a minor spanner in
Hello TBUDL,
does anyone know when AVG Anti Virus mail check functionality will
support The Bat? AVG uses MAPI, but The Bat's MAPI implementation
doesn't work with AVG. Eudora's and OE's do.
I remember a posting here letting me know that AVG is working on
this. Any info would
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Hi Christian,
On 27 March 2001 at 10:23:29 -0600 (which was 17:23 where I live)
Christian Dysthe wrote to TBUDL and made these points:
CD does anyone know when AVG Anti Virus mail check functionality will
CD support The Bat? AVG uses MAPI
Hello all,
Tuesday, March 27, 2001, Christian Dysthe wrote:
does anyone know when AVG Anti Virus mail check functionality will
support The Bat? AVG uses MAPI, but The Bat's MAPI implementation
doesn't work with AVG. Eudora's and OE's do.
I remember a posting here letting me know
Hey Marck,
Tuesday, March 27, 2001, 11:47:33 AM, you wrote:
MDP The guys at AVG use TB in-house. I'm sure they'd be keen on it but
MDP they may have been waiting for TB2 so that they could do it as a
MDP plug-in. As we all know, TB2 has been "somewhat delayed" which may
MDP have thrown a minor
On Tuesday, March 27, 2001 at 10:23:29 -0600 Christian Dysthe wrote:
does anyone know when AVG Anti Virus mail check functionality
will support The Bat? AVG uses MAPI, but The Bat's MAPI
implementation doesn't work with AVG. Eudora's and OE's do.
So you want AVG to check outgoing mail
Hello all,
Tuesday, March 27, 2001, Ming-Li wrote:
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.219 / Virus Database: 103 - Release Date: 12/05/00
I sometimes see this in newsgroups, and can't help but chuckle
(unless
On Tuesday, March 27, 2001 , Ming-Li wrote the
following in regards to: [The Bat! and AVG Anti Virus]
.
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.219 / Virus Database: 103 - Release Date: 12/05/00
ML I
On Tuesday, March 27, 2001, 1:02:47 PM, syv wrote:
s Actually, you are mistaken. Viruses can be spread through RTF
s files. RTF files and documents are supposed to be ASCII only, and
s there can be macro viruses.
How can this happen? AFAIK RTF does not have 'dangerous commands'. Is
this just an
Hello all,
on Tue, 27 Mar 2001, at 13:27:23 local time (GMT -0800), ztrader wrote:
How can this happen? AFAIK RTF does not have 'dangerous commands'
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms00-005.asp
--
Rob
using The Bat! 1.51
... I don't mind the rat race but I could do with
On Tuesday, March 27, 2001 at 22:25:57 +0200 Marek Mikus wrote:
I'm in support mailinglist of this AV and as I remember, it should
be an option to "not" certificate mail without attachment.
But how is the default setting? And does it know how to distinguish
plain-text messages from html ones?
On Tuesday, March 27, 2001 at 13:02:47 -0800 syv wrote:
ML I sometimes see this in newsgroups, and can't help but chuckle
ML (unless they have attachments). As I said, plain-text-only
ML messages are virus free by nature. As to attachments, I don't
ML know why one should trust the statement
On Tuesday, March 27, 2001 , ztrader wrote the
following in regards to: [The Bat! and AVG Anti Virus]
.
z On Tuesday, March 27, 2001, 1:02:47 PM, syv wrote:
s Actually, you are mistaken. Viruses can be spread through RTF
s files. RTF files and documents are supposed to be ASCII
Hi Ming-Li and syv,
On Tue, 27 Mar 2001 18:00:40 -0800GMT (28/03/2001, 10:00 +0800GMT),
Ming-Li wrote:
No, they do not have to be an attachment. It can
actually be the message itself and Outlook Express will
recognize it as RTF and format it accordingly
Actually most of the time HTML email
Hi syv,
On Tue, 27 Mar 2001 17:04:36 -0800GMT (28/03/2001, 09:04 +0800GMT),
syv wrote:
s We have learned that Melissa virus has recently been
s spreading again and may not be detected by any
s antivirus software including Norton AntiVirus.
yawn Use PC-Cillin (www.antivirus.com
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Hello Lija!
On Thursday, February 22, 2001 at 8:17:34 PM you wrote:
AFAIK, B64 is intended to be used in mail and UUE for Usenet. I only wonder
about the same size of msg I get between these encodings. I thought with UUE
encoding it will be
Hi,
I sent a PGP sda to a friend today and copied it to myself. When I
sent the attachment it read as 'margesimpson.gif.sda' but worryingly
(for me) when I received it via email it read 'margesimpson.gif.sda.zl9
base64' should I panic or is this perfectly normal?
--
Best
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Hi Dave,
On 22 February 2001 at 12:03:35 + (which was 12:03 where I live)
Dave Wilson wrote and made these points:
DW I sent a PGP sda to a friend today and copied it to myself. When I
DW sent the attachment it read as 'margesimpson.gif.sda'
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Hello Marck!
On Thursday, February 22, 2001 at 1:22:03 PM you wrote:
DW 'margesimpson.gif.sda.zl9 base64' should I panic or is this
DW perfectly normal?
TB names attachments according to the OS file associations. Some of
these can get "wierded
Hi Dierk,
On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, at 17:09:09 [GMT +0100, your local time]
(22.2.2001. at 17:09 was my local time), you wrote:
DH "base64" stands for the encoding method you used for the attachment.
DH It appears always when I put a file into the mail.
By default, yes... but, I wanna know why it
Hi Dave,
Thursday, February 22, 2001, 6:03:35 AM, Dave Wilson on TBUDL wrote:
...when I received it via email it read
'margesimpson.gif.sda.zl9 base64' should I panic or is this
perfectly normal?
I'm quite sure that the .z19 extension is put on there by Zone
Alarm (firewall), to prevent
scape 4.05 (the
last v. I downloaded, as it's just a back up) also are.
DH (I hope that looking at it as I did in Notepad is safe).
TF It usually would, even though I don't know that particular virus.
TF Viruses need to be run, started, executed, whatever, to work, but
TF looking at them wouldn't star
that the file OECLNNOE.exe, downloaded to
D:\#TB!_dmh\attach was infected w/ the Vecna.3040 virus.
That was fine. But I've need to run an evaluation key in order for
it to let me program it to cure or delete or rename the bug. As is
it only lets me lock up or shut down, not exactly what I want to do
while
DH (I hope that looking at it as I did in Notepad is safe).
It usually would, even though I don't know that particular virus.
Viruses need to be run, started, executed, whatever, to work, but
looking at them wouldn't start the code.
--
Cheers,
Thomas.
"You shake milk in a big stirrer
Hello List,
I recently upgraded to the new version of TB after using v1.41 for a
long time.
There are some things (as I've mentioned on this list before) that I'm
not fond of in this new version, but I've decided just to live with
those that I can't change.
One thing that I *think* I can
Hi Jason,
On Wed, 27 Dec 2000 01:04:59 -0500GMT (27/12/2000, 14:04 +0800GMT),
Jason Ellis wrote:
JE But the box does say to "contact your network administrator to disable
JE it permanently" (or something to that affect). Since I am the network
JE administrator in this office, and I have no idea
Hello Thomas,
Thanks! Much appreciated! All is now well ;-)
Jason
Hi Jason,
On Wed, 27 Dec 2000 01:04:59 -0500GMT (27/12/2000, 14:04 +0800GMT),
Jason Ellis wrote:
JE But the box does say to "contact your network administrator to disable
JE it permanently" (or something to that affect).
Hallo Marck,
On Wed, 20 Dec 2000 16:11:29 + GMT (21/12/2000, 00:11 +0800 GMT),
Marck D. Pearlstone wrote:
DM What I want to know is about its virus protection system and spam
DM mail. OE is targetted for viruses (using its address book) either
DM b/c it is known or vulnerable or both
ee doesn't list the virus (yet)...
- K -
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"Thank god I have full control over ashtrays. Don't know
where my life would be without that skill."
- Scientology escapee looking back upon his old religion.
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View the T
ago, I
TF suddenly had a virus warning pop up: the above trojan was active
TF from a file in my backup directory to The Bat!\Mail\Mailing
TF Lists\Attach. An immediate virus scan detected this trojan also in
TF the current database. (The virus was not sent through this Mailing
TF List, but others
I call my PC "infected".
MDP A virus can be spotted in a file on your hard drive without ever
MDP having been run or activated. This is what I believe has happened
MDP to you here.
I didn't run a virus check, but I have this permanent "Real-Time Scan"
ticked. Therefore, the t
Hallo Marck,
On Mon, 25 Dec 2000 17:03:57 + GMT (26/12/2000, 01:03 +0800 GMT),
Marck D. Pearlstone wrote:
registry settings to two files, "backup1.reg" and "backup2.reg" in
the Windows directory.
No such files. Also, no more .hta files. What does this extension
mean anyway?
--
Cheers,
Hi Thomas,
Monday, December 25, 2000, 6:43:04 PM, you wrote:
MDP It doesn't need to. You don't get *infected* by a virus until it is
MDP executed. This is a fact.
It has been executed. Not triggered by me double-clicking on it. I am
the only one who has access to my TB.
A HTA file
On 25-12-2000 at 02:43:04GMT +0800 (which was 18:43 where I live)
Thomas Fernandez wrote regarding the subject of "New to the BAT, virus question"
MDP I disagree. I haven't been caught by a virus since using TB. I use my
MDP own intelligence to know what attachments may b
the floppy disks.
I don't think Marck is or ever was saying that anti-virus software is
superfluous. He was simply saying that TB! will not infect your machine
with a virus unless you specifically intervene by running the virus. TB!
will not execute malicious java script in HTML e-mail. That's all he
of selected viral infections in hermetically sealed
archive areas out of morbid curiosity, They exist on my PC but **not**
as infections. A virus only becomes an infection by being active, not
merely by being present.
MDP A virus can be spotted in a file on your hard drive without ever
MDP having b
disks.
ACM I don't think Marck is or ever was saying that anti-virus
ACM software is superfluous. He was simply saying that TB! will not
ACM infect your machine with a virus unless you specifically
ACM intervene by running the virus. TB! will not execute malicious
ACM java script in HTML e-mail. That's
like the present setup where you can make changes as needed via
the registry. Using ini files and manipulating them would perhaps be
better but making it easy for users to disable virus warnings via the
TB! interface wouldn't be a good idea
was saying that anti-virus
ACM software is superfluous. He was simply saying that TB! will not
ACM infect your machine with a virus unless you specifically
ACM intervene by running the virus. TB! will not execute malicious
ACM java script in HTML e-mail. That's all he was saying.
.
This may be totally
topic, It still goes to a security hole in
JS outlook express but this is a virus that does not have to be executed
JS by clicking.
That is not true of TB. TB cannot let a virus received in email loose
on your machine without you physically and specifically telling it to.
That's why the Trojan
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Hello Marck,
Monday, December 25, 2000, 8:20:20 PM, you wrote:
MDP
MDP Wscript.KakWorm
MDP VBS.KakWorm spreads using Microsoft Outlook Express. It attaches
Sorry Marck, I did not mean to put you as quoting this.
- --
Best regards,
John
Hi Marck,
On Tue, 26 Dec 2000 01:15:18 +GMT (26/12/2000, 09:15 +0800GMT),
Marck D. Pearlstone wrote:
MDP It doesn't need to. You don't get *infected* by a virus until it
MDP is executed. This is a fact.
TF It has been executed.
MDP I disagree.
TF Not triggered by me double-clicking
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Hi John,
On 26 December 2000 at 21:21:18 -0500 (which was 02:21 where I
live) John Seymour wrote and made these points:
MDP Wscript.KakWorm
MDP VBS.KakWorm spreads using Microsoft Outlook Express. It attaches
JS Sorry Marck, I did not mean to
Hi Marck and John,
On Tue, 26 Dec 2000 02:13:50 +GMT (26/12/2000, 10:13 +0800GMT),
Marck D. Pearlstone wrote:
JS This may be totally off topic, It still goes to a security hole in
JS outlook express but this is a virus that does not have to be executed
JS by clicking.
MDP That is not true
On Thursday, December 21, 2000, 12:53:56 PM, Bob wrote:
We use TB v1.41 and got hit with the MTX virus twice in the past
month. The person who handles email for my company has been
trained not to open attachments, and she claims she has never done
so.
Is she the only one in your company
Hi,
We use TB v1.41 and got hit with the MTX virus twice in the past
month. The person who handles email for my company has been trained
not to open attachments, and she claims she has never done so.
The MTX virus arrives attached to a message with empty body text.
Was there an exposure
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When I saw Bob's message about "MTX virus ",
I felt like making these comments:
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BR I've downloaded v1.48f, since it talks about virus protection in the
BR new features. Does the install program gracefully upgrade an
BR existi
On December 21, 2000, at 12:53:56 PM, Bob Rankin Wrote:
BR The MTX virus arrives attached to a message with empty body text.
BR Was there an exposure in v1.41 that would allow the attached
BR executable to launch without explicit action from a user? I'm
BR wondering if The Bat tries to show
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Hi Nick,
On 21 December 2000 at 13:17:37 -0800 (which was 21:17 where I
live) Nick Andriash wrote and made these points:
BR executable to launch without explicit action from a user? I'm
BR wondering if The Bat tries to show an attachment when the
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On Thu, 21 Dec 2000 21:40:17 +, Marck D. Pearlstone wrote these
words of wisdom:
NA If I am not mistaken, those viruses came to the List with a *.pif
NA and *.scr attachment which TB! should not have tried to open
NA despite having no text in
Good [morning|afternoon|day|evening|night] Bob,
BR The MTX virus arrives attached to a message with empty body text.
BR Was there an exposure in v1.41 that would allow the attached
BR executable to launch without explicit action from a user?
In no version of The Bat! a file can be launched
Hello Marck other fellow TB! Users following this thread,
Thursday, December 21, 2000, you relied to Nick regarding older
versions of TB having a virus vulnerability here.:
NA If I am not mistaken, those viruses came to the List with a
NA *.pif and *.scr attachment which TB! should not have
Hello TBUDL,
and thanks for all your quick responses to my reply message template
question. I was using Outlook and got a virus so my life was ruined
for a week. I then tried Netscape and thought I would have to buy
more ram to send emails to my mother. I looked Eudora and people
were
makes email programs susceptible better protected again virus
DM proliferation?
Most viruses are attachments to emails with a .vbs or .pif or so
extension. TB will warn you if you try to open a file with such an
extension. The rest is at your own risk, and while theere are no known
viruses targeted
Hi Daniel
and thanks for all your quick responses to my reply message template
question. I was using Outlook and got a virus so my life was ruined
for a week. I then tried Netscape and thought I would have to buy
more ram to send emails to my mother.
...what a true word! ;)
were
On 20-12-2000 at 16:49:47GMT +0100 (which was 15:49 where I live)
Daniel Morton wrote regarding the subject of "New to the BAT, virus question"
Daniel I was using Outlook and got a virus so my life was ruined
Daniel for a week. I then tried Netscape and thought I would have to
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Hi Daniel,
On 20 December 2000 at 16:49:47 +0100 (which was 15:49 where I
live) Daniel Morton wrote and made these points:
DM What I want to know is about its virus protection system and spam
DM mail. OE is targetted for viruses (using its address
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