If you are using a Windows system and MS LookOut Express,
you might consider switching to another mail-reader. I use "Eudora" and
"The Bat". Neither are subject to these virusses, worms and trojans. I
have received that virus-attachment three or four times just today with no
ill effects; I just delete the attachment using FileManager.

Also, congratulations and kudos to our Bellingham hometown ISP "nas.com"
for this kind of care to their customers. (I have no interest except as a
satisfied customer.)

Marian Beddill

>Delivered-To: beddill@...
>Delivered-To: nas-dist@...
>From: Bob Finch <bob@...>
>Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 12:57:11 -0800
>To: support@...
>Reply-To: support@...
>Subject: New email virus: BadTrans-B
>X-Mailer: VM 6.90 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid
>
>BadTrans-B is a new virus that is spreading rapidly via email. It
>exploits a bug in Outlook Express for Windows that tricks Outlook
>Express into automatically running the virus embedded in an email
>message when you open it.
>
>If you are using Outlook Express in Windows 95/98/ME/2000, please
>install the following Microsoft security update to fix the
>vulnerability. If you're using Windows 98 or newer, you can install
>it via Windows Update as well.
>
>
>http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/q290108/default.asp
>
>Macintosh computers are not affected by this virus.
>
>For more information on the BadTrans-B virus, see:
>
> http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.badtrans.b@mm.html
> http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32badtransb.html
> http://www.sophos.com/support/faqs/w32badtransb.html
> http://vil.nai.com/vil/virusSummary.asp?virus_k=99069
> http://www.europe.f-secure.com/v-descs/badtrs_b.shtml
>
>-- Bob
>
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>Bob Finch email: bob@...
>Network Access Services, Inc. voice: (360) 733-9279
>P.O. Box 28085 fax: (360) 676-0345
>Bellingham, WA 98228-0085 WWW: http://www.nas.com/