----- Original Message -----
From: "Russell McMahon" <apptech@PARADISE.NET.NZ>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 3:15 AM
Subject: Re: [ADMIN]:looks to me like we got a virus here.


> Thoughts
>
> REQUIREMENT:
>
> - Means of detecting and removing the current PICList virus problem.

The PicLIst does not have nor transmit any virus.
Members who have member's addresses and are infected may are sending
infected mails.
It is an Internet problem and almost any PC with windows may be infected.
The Norton virus definitions have changed 4 times since 5/6, So even
Symantec doesn't have any solution until 6/6.
This is the link to download the removal tool.
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/FixBugb.exe
I suggest all windows users run this tool and RTM on www.symantec.com
The tool does not repair exe files. The NAV does.
If the tool find some virus infections, it erases the archives:
Mostly IEXPLORE.EXE, MSIMNS.EXE, NOTEPAD.EXE, and whatever EXE you have in
memory.
You can replace them form the original disk.

> 9 I had a problem some days ago which MAY have been caused by an
> undetected virus infection - I fixed it by other means without detecting a
> virus. Subsequent a year or so old bugbear disinfector did not find any
> virus.

As I said, Norton has the cure recently, 6/5/03


> 10 A file size of 72,192 MAY be a virus signature but is a not uncommon
> size (141 x 512). (e.g. - based on directory snapshots, I had 40 odd files
of
> that size on this PC in February, March & April)
If you read it you got it!
> Anyone able to apply some time and effort to this?

I've removed it form almost 40 PCs!!!


Cheers Regards,
Dennis.

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