you got the address to Nav(norton virus) ----- Original Message ----- From: Dennis Boswell <dennisb@mindspring.com> To: <CHAHTA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 6:18 PM Subject: Re: [CHAHTA] VIRUS-FROM LISTOWNER > Dusty, you may have forgotten to dial into Symantec's web site to download > the latest batch of virus definitions which sounds like the reason you got > caught by this latest virus. The latest version of NAV (Version 7.07.23, I > believe) does all that for you. With no involvement on your part, NAV will > automatically dial the Symantec web site, check the latest virus definition > file with that which is installed on your machine and, if you are out of > date, NAV will automatically download the latest virus definitions and > update your files. You need do nothing other than to tell NAV how often you > want to perform this check for updated virus definitions (My NAV does it > every day). My current version of NAV checks for just over 49,000 different > virus. No matter how old your Norton, had you done the update function on a > regular basis, it would have caught this virus. I can guarantee you. Just > install the latest version of NAV and you will no longer worry about this. > > > At 06:51 PM 04/16/2001 -0500, you wrote: > >I've got Norton, but apparently it didn't catch this one. My significant > >other says it's an older Norton and just doesn't work on this virus. > >Forgive me, but I'm dumb as dirt when it comes to computers, all I know is > >it's screwed up my e-mail real good! I' ve gone to the Symantec site and > >tried to install stuff off that site, but it wouldn't work. I wrote to > >their address asking them what to do. > > > >dusty > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Dusty <dustyc@microgear.net> > >To: <CHAHTA-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 6:49 PM > >Subject: Re: [CHAHTA] VIRUS-FROM LISTOWNER > > > > > >Dusty, pardon me as I know this isn't exactly Choctaw history and culture, > >but I thought you might let it through this once since CHAHTA-L seems > >recently to be concerned with viruses. > > > >Barbara, all the questions you just asked are answered by installing Norton > >Anti Virus (NAV) Version 2001. NAV identifies viruses as such, will give > >you a complete description of the virus if you wish and much more. I have > >run NAV for several years now, have received probably fifty or sixty > >viruses of the sort the list is receiving and it stopped every one of them. > > > >Once NAV detects a virus inside an incoming email or attached to an > >incoming email, it quarantines the virus temporarily and asks you what you > >want to do with it. The options are easy, I usually just instruct NAV to > >destroy it after which I am back in business. > > > >The nice thing about NAV is "peace of mind." > > > >You can find out more about NAV by surfing over to http://www.symantec.com/ > >. Any of the software sales web sites or your local PC store will sell it > >to you for less than you can buy it for at the Symantec site. > > > >At 03:02 PM 04/16/2001 -0500, you wrote: > > >How did you know it was a virus? And how will you get it out of your > > >computer email? The person who sent it out to members of the other list was > > >unsubbed until they get their's fixed...and yes, they were sending > >privately > > >to several list members... > > >B. > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Dusty" <dustyc@microgear.net> > > >To: <CHAHTA-L@rootsweb.com> > > >Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 2:45 PM > > >Subject: [CHAHTA] VIRUS-FROM LISTOWNER > > > > > > > > > > Someone sent me an e-mail virus this morning (very sweet-thanks!), so if > > >you > > > > receive an private e-mail from me, don't open the attachment. You can't > > >get > > > > it through the list - only through private e-mail. > > > > > > > > dusty > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== > > > > Markie and Fay's CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST Home Page: > > > > http://freepages.cultures.rootsweb.com/~choctaw/ > > > > > > > > > > > > >==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== > > >To subscribe to CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L Genealogy mail list: > > >Send msg. to CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L-request@rootsweb.com > > >Put "one" word in "body" of message:... "subscribe" without the quotes > > >Nothing in the subject line... Turn off signatures....... > > > > > >NOTE: My email address has changed: > >OLD: dennisb@primenet.com (Primenet will forward email to Mindspring > >through 4/30/01) > >NEW: dennisb@mindspring.com (effective 3/30/01) > > > >Regards, > > > >Dennis K. Boswell > >301 Crow Canyon Drive > >Folsom, CA 95630 > > > >Tel: (916) 987-3599 > >Fax:(916) 987-3555 > > > > > >==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== > > To subscribe to CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L genealogy mail list: > >Send msg. to CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L-request@rootsweb.com > >Put "one" word in "body" of message:... "subscribe" without the quotes > >Nothing in the subject line... Turn off signatures....... > > > > > > > >==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== > > To subscribe to CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L genealogy mail list: > >Send msg. to CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L-request@rootsweb.com > >Put "one" word in "body" of message:... "subscribe" without the quotes > >Nothing in the subject line... Turn off signatures....... > > > NOTE: My email address has changed: > OLD: dennisb@primenet.com (Primenet will forward email to Mindspring > through 4/30/01) > NEW: dennisb@mindspring.com (effective 3/30/01) > > Regards, > > Dennis K. Boswell > 301 Crow Canyon Drive > Folsom, CA 95630 > > Tel: (916) 987-3599 > Fax:(916) 987-3555 > > > ==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== > Choctaw Home Page: > http://freepages.cultures.rootsweb.com/~choctaw/ >