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{{short description|Computer virus}}{{Infobox computer virus | {{short description|Computer virus}}{{Infobox computer virus | ||
|type=[[Computer worm]] | |||
|origin=East Asia (allegedly) | |||
|platform=[[Windows 95]], [[Windows 98]], [[Windows ME]], [[Windows NT]], [[Windows 2000]], [[Windows XP]] | |||
|subtype=Mass-mailer | |||
|isolation_date=November 24, 2001}} | |||
'''BadTrans''' is a malicious [[Microsoft Windows]] [[computer worm]] distributed by [[e-mail]]. Because of a known vulnerability in older versions of [[Internet Explorer]] (CVE-2001-0154), some email programs, such as Microsoft's [[Outlook Express]] and [[Microsoft Outlook]] programs, may install and execute the worm as soon as the e-mail message is viewed. | '''BadTrans''' is a malicious [[Microsoft Windows]] [[computer worm]] distributed by [[e-mail]]. Because of a known vulnerability in older versions of [[Internet Explorer]] (CVE-2001-0154), some email programs, such as Microsoft's [[Outlook Express]] and [[Microsoft Outlook]] programs, may install and execute the worm as soon as the e-mail message is viewed. | ||
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|date=2001-11-27 | |date=2001-11-27 | ||
|access-date=2001-12-01 | |access-date=2001-12-01 | ||
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20011217014735/http://www.cert.org/incident_notes/IN-2001-14.html| archive-date= 17 December 2001 | url-status= live}}</ref> | |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20011217014735/http://www.cert.org/incident_notes/IN-2001-14.html| archive-date= 17 December 2001 | url-status= live}}</ref> | ||
Among the e-mail addresses that received the keyloggers were free addresses at [[Excite (web portal)|Excite]], [[Yahoo!|Yahoo]], and IJustGotFired.com. | Among the e-mail addresses that received the keyloggers were free addresses at [[Excite (web portal)|Excite]], [[Yahoo!|Yahoo]], and IJustGotFired.com. | ||