BadTrans virus running amok

[Jonathan Hutchins]

I just got hit through another list.  If you haven't already,

1) Update your anti-virus software and clean up your machine.
2) Apply the Outlook E-mail Security Update (OESU) patch available at
http://office.microsoft.com/Downloads/2000/Out2ksec.aspx so it doesn't
happen again.
3) TURN OFF HTML/RTF MAIL!   Go to Tools, Options, Send, and set "Mail
Sending Format" to "Plain Text".  You should never send anything but plain
text to a mailing list.

Could I emphasise that last one again?

TURN OFF THE #@$ STUPID PROPIETARY MICROSOFT MESSAGE FORMATTING!  Half the
bloody messages on this list are in RTF, and there's no excuse for that on a
LINUX list.

Hey, Admin, can you strip the stupid stuff back to plain text?