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1st January 2003Email Virus
By Keith Smith
May I advise readers that two of our regular correspondents have emailed me privately recently with the same virus attached. Please check your machines with whatever you find appropriate to remove these nasties - they can do great damage to any programs or data
on our discs.

Keith Smith
DateReplies
1st January 2003Peter Ewart
Me too, this evening. From the _ in the address & the attachment icon it was quite obviously despatched unknowingly in the usual way of these things & carrying a virus, presumably via his address book?

There appears to be a clue in one of the other postings under today's date!

Peter
2nd January 2003Clive Dickens
Unfortunately I was a victim of this virus and I
2nd January 2003Clive Dickens
Unfortunately I was a victim of this virus and I
2nd January 2003Clive Dickens
Sorry folks my computer is playing games with me. I will begin again.Unfortunately I was a victim of this virus and I was quite unaware of the fact untll Keith e-maled me thankfully I have been able to get it off with the purchase on a new edition of Norton anti- virus .so thank you Keith but I will join in warning others it is a virus which attaches it'self to e-mails.so check your systems
Clive
2nd January 2003John Young
Just to let you know this is the "badtrans virus". It appears an e-mail with the title box empty so it reads - Re: with an attachment paperclip.

My computer first detected it on an e-mail from Clive, and there was another one that arrived today.

John
2nd January 2003Peter Ewart
Mine came from Peter Harman, presumably from his "unwell" machine rather than the one he is borrowing? Have advised him direct.

Peter