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It's not just this list. I got the same messages based upon subscribing to
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Chris
Me wrote:
> --- In realtraders@xxxx, rtmoderator@xxxx wrote:
> > Mr. Carton's posting privileges have been suspended pending further
> > investigation of this incident.
> >
> > Also, "Kris" has been removed from posting as well until the virus
> > situation has been resolved.
> >
> > We recommend strongly that members use some sort of virus
> protection
> > for their email to protect against these kinds of unfortunate
> > incidents.
> >
> > RT Moderators
>
> What's weird is that I got a mail on my pop3 account (even though I
> am using Yahoo for my mail now) to a very old post on RT and it had a
> virus payload tied to it. Seems these idiots may have trapped every
> email address on the forum and are sending these files to everyone.
>
> Which reinforces my concern with publishing email addresses in a
> forum like this. I think that users should be able to say that they
> only want to communicate through the forum and not via email at all.
> That way, email addresses wouldn't be necessary.
>
> *******************************************
> The MP3 file has the following virus:
> Norton AntiVirus has detected the W32.Badtrans.13312@xx virus. The
> file was quarantined.
> ******************************************
>
> However, be aware that these type of packages may not have an actual
> virus and therefore a virus program may not be any help. A PIF
> program is an old DOS program, sort of like a BAT file. It invokes
> command.com which could possibly do a command like format C: (and I
> assume, reply yes to the command before you could stop it). That
> wouldn't get picked up by a virus program. So be careful about what
> you run.
>
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