I rarely send out anything about viruses. However, my virus protection just stopped and deleted two different messages supposedly from Microsoft Support and Support Services for a new patch that should be installed immediately. Both were infected with a virus. Norton caught it and deleted it but if you get a message like this it is a good idea to delete it and go to the Microsoft website to check for any needed updates or patches. If you go to the website to get any needed patches or updates you should be okay but when they come as an attachment to an email message be very careful. Also be sure to update your virus protection regularly. If you do not have an automatic update feature on your virus protection, check for an update every time you turn on your computer. Bette

I have received an average of two a day messages purportedly from microsoft.com, all saying the same thing: upload this patch immediately. Every one of those messages was infected with a virus, according to the virus screen that my ISP uses. I finally told the ISP to delete the sender any time anything arrived from them, but for now I have to rely on the newspaper or messages from friends like you or Kipp to alert me to new viruses. In the beginning I did go to Microsoft to download a patch, but learned that the new worm/virus messages were attacking the Windows programs which were NEWER than the Win98. (It's all the later ones, XE, 2000, etc.) One of the beneifts of not keeping up to date! The problem is, if there should be one come down the road that includes Win98, now I won't be warned by Microsoft. Mary-Gene Bette Richards wrote: > I rarely send out anything about viruses. However, my virus protection just > stopped and deleted two different messages supposedly from Microsoft Support > and Support Services for a new patch that should be installed immediately. > Both were infected with a virus. Norton caught it and deleted it but if you > get a message like this it is a good idea to delete it and go to the > Microsoft website to check for any needed updates or patches. If you go to > the website to get any needed patches or updates you should be okay but when > they come as an attachment to an email message be very careful. Also be > sure to update your virus protection regularly. If you do not have an > automatic update feature on your virus protection, check for an update every > time you turn on your computer. > > Bette > > > > ==== BUNKER Mailing List ==== > Want more information on the Bunker Family Association? Send an e-mail message to gilbunker@snip.net and receive our current newsletter, and a pedigree chart of your Bunker ancestors (if they can be located in our files). > > >