Here is a site that you can forward your email w/out opening the attachment and they will check to see if it is a virus and let you know. antivirus.guide@about.com Barbara Nichols ALTUSCAL-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > ALTUSCAL-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 93 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [ALTUSCAL] Virus ["Sybil Phillips" <syphi2@home.com>] > #2 Re: [ALTUSCAL] Virus [Foristerpf@aol.com] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from ALTUSCAL-D, send a message to > > ALTUSCAL-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [ALTUSCAL] Virus > Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 20:24:58 -0500 > From: "Sybil Phillips" <syphi2@home.com> > To: ALTUSCAL-L@rootsweb.com > > I received a message with an attachment from someone with the name of Fancher and it had a virus. This person needs to clean up their computer. > > I was lucky in having Norton's Anti-virus program and it trapped the "thing". > > Sybil > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [ALTUSCAL] Virus > Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 21:51:52 EDT > From: Foristerpf@aol.com > To: ALTUSCAL-L@rootsweb.com > > I also received these attachments from a P. F. Francher email address was > pf107@mindspring.com > > I am assuming that this person does not know that they have the virus on > their computer. I received 5 attachments, 2 of the same file. I did not > download the attachments because it looked like a virus to me. It tries to > trick you by making you think this person is sending you a reply. These > emails had messages in them that I had posted with Bibb Co., AL list and > Tusc. Co., AL list. This person must be on both lists. > > The attachments I received were named HUMOR.TXT.pif, README.TXT.pif, > news_doc.scr and New-Napster_Site.Doc.scr. There are probably others. > Another clue is at the bottom of these messages it will say >take a look to > the Attachment. > So beware of these attachments. And another thing, I don't know about other > ISP's but with AOL if you delete these emails you need to go to mail and then > go to recently deleted mail and permanently delete these emails. You don't > want anyone to accidentally download these files to your computer. > > Phoebe Forister