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To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 14:46:53 -0800
Subject: Re: Antigen VirusScan found =*.bat file
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From: domanspc AT juno DOT com
Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com

I used Norton AV 2002 on my computer and did not get a hit on this *.bat
bug. 
I do have a message from Joe Smith and it has an attachment which is not 
mentioned in the body of the message.  Is this the location of the bug?

BOB 'DOMAN' MOSS  "Eat chocolate every day! Your arteries will love you."

On Mon, 04 Mar 2002 08:03:36 -0600 Dr Who? <impala AT dfsi DOT net> writes:
> At 07:22 AM 3/4/02 -0500, you wrote:
> >Antigen VirusScan  for Exchange  mail found AUTOEXEC.BAT matching 
> =*.bat
> >file filter.
> >The file is currently Removed.  The message, "Problems with DRDOS 
> 7.03", was
> >sent from Joe Smith and was discovered in Wannemacher, Peter\Inbox
> >located at MAIL/DOL/LAB-ESA1EX00001.
> 
> xolox antiviral silicon master has found:
> highly prohibited files recieved in mail message. message destroyed 
> 
> AUTOEXEC.BAT
> high probability of destructive actions represented with this file. 
> 
> computer must be exterminated
> immediately.will proceed to format all disk drives starting with 
> drive C
> please have your system disks ready for re-install. format will 
> commence 
> immediately.
> stand by formatting drive C............. . . .. ... ...     . 
> ...   .   ..      .         .      .         .
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> click!
> 
> 
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