At 1:00 PM -0700 5/8/01, ELLIOTT-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > >Hi >It was not easy!!!! It had come from someone on these genealogy list. >I spent 5 hrs today cleaning out my computer. The badtrans virus is not a >trojan after all, it is a worm that goes thru your files. This is all >because like a dummy, (when I should know better) I went and opened an >attachment that I thought was 1841 census, I >had asked about who had a copy of the census or where I could find an >earlier >census. <snip> The list prohibits posting virus notices to the list. It is clearly stated in the Welcome Message and posted periodically to the list by me. Please refrain. For more info on the BadTrans virus, please visit: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/cgi-bin/virauto.cgi?vid=28772 If you are concerned about something you've received visit: http://www.mcafee.com/ http://www.symantec.com/ For ongoing discussion regarding computer viruses, you may subscribe to the VIRUS-DISCUSSION-L list by sending a message to: VIRUS-DISCUSSION-L-request@computers.rootsweb.com with nothing but the word SUBSCRIBE in the body text. Important Reminder: NEVER open ANY attachment unless you are 100% certain of source and content. Thanks! -- Yvonne Oliver Bowers Listmom ELLIOT & ELLIOTT Family Lists My Rootsweb Resource Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/