This virus sounds really nasty and targets personal PC's as opposed to servers. Here's a link to a detailed description of the virus and a very technical explanation of how to get rid of it. (Those of us who run Macs are, of course, unaffected by this, as usual.)
Ranger Rick http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32badtransb.html > From: Wally Kairuz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: viruses and attachment question (NJC) > do you know if this thing can get you even if you haven't opened the > attachment? i always thought that you could get a virus only from opening an > attachment but it seems that by only reading the message you can get it too. > is that a myth????? > wally