forwarded from the Missing Links newsletter: .MISSING LINKS: A Magazine for Genealogists Vol. 6, No. 47, 4 December 2001 (c) 2001 Julia M. Case http://www.petuniapress.com/ VIRUS ALERT: W32/Goner Goner Worm Kills Antivirus, Firewall. The Goner worm is a mass- mailer with a mission. Targeting programs like Norton, McAfee, AVP, and ZoneAlarm, the worm shuts protection down and then tries to delete it. Affects Windows users. The message arrives with subject "Hi" and message body "How are you? When I saw this screen saver, I immediately thought about you. I am in a hurry. I promise you will love it!" The attached file is approximately 39 Kb and is named "gone.scr" http://antivirus.about.com/library/weekly/aa120401a.htm From antivirus.guide@about.com, December 4, 2001, Vol. 2, No. 43 http://antivirus.about.com/ --