Here's a link for those you infected with the badtrans worm virus (Stuart David as well apparently) it explains what it is and how to remove it: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.badtrans.b@mm.ht ml I've had the arduous task of removing it manually from a friend's old pooter - the only way to block it is a virus software update or... buy a Mac :o). Now on to list business!! What with the Festive season rapidly approaching I've decided to do a little giveaway. I have a copy of "It's A Cool, Cool Christmas" on Jeepster CD which came out last xmas and features festive tracks by various "indie" luminaries (Dandy Warhols, Eels, Flaming Lips, Low etc.) and includes Belle & Sebastian track "O Come, O Come Emmanuel". It is free to a UK listee* (for the cost of postage) who replies to me (not the list!!). If there are a few of you I'll do a draw. The Eggman (on a Mac) * sorry non-UK listees - i've tried this before and the postage is too much hassle on 30/11/01 12:00 pm, Kenneth P Y Chu at pykachu100@hotmail.com wrote:
Please read: This is a public health message for sinister members.
I think a few of you (especially those who have posted recently) would have been receiving mysterious e-mail messages from various members of the list. Titled Re: Sinister: whatever your message was. With some kind of attachments like Card.doc.pif or great music.mp3.pif. They are mostly characteristically 40k in size. And the tell tale sign is the ".PIF" extension in the file name, "great music.mp3.pif" may *look* like an mp3 file, but it isn't because the extension is actaully .pif which is a runnable program (and thus, probably a virus, why else would it be disguising itself as an mp3).
I think this virus transmits itself by replying to every message you receive with a virus, and therefore something like this list would be very vulnerable as everytime you post someone would send you a virus (it's ok as long as you don't open the attachment) and so please, be careful.
If you think you have a virus (e.g. if you've opened something like that recently - for example a supposed mp3 file that did nothing). Write me and I'll find out how to get rid of the virus for you. Or if you're a pretty girl looking for love, write me too. :-)
Finally if you're an expert on virus removal please shed some lights as to how to get rid of these e-mail viruses.
No puns today, with the seriousness of this virus talk I felt a pun would be ill-humoured. ahem. May all your computers be disease-free.
Love and Red Bulls Ken
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