I also had several of these on Tuesday evening. They started suddenly and stopped just as quickly. The subjects varied but the content looked the same. Just one sentence saying 'look at the attachment'or words to that effect. I have 'mailwasher' which enables you to look at you e-mail before you download it from the server so I didn't open any of them just deleted them, before downloading legitimate e-mails Sue Matthews > > From: "Barbara Mallyon" <BarbaraMallyon@lewmal.co.uk> > Date: 2003/08/20 Wed PM 10:18:02 GMT > To: ENG-HAMPSHIRE-KINGSCLERE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Unwanted Rejection Notices > > Hello All, > > Debbie has just emailed me to say she is being inundated with these > Rejection Notices, treat them as you would a Virus and delete them by > using you Shift Key and Delete, also do not open them, do not take that > chance. > > McAfee and Norton have put out 3 AntiVirus up-dates this week, so they are > well aware of all the Virus that are going around, so please keep your > AntiVirus Protection up todate and do that weekly back-up of your files. > > If you get any attachments that say they are from any rootsweb mailing > list, they are not, these would contain a Virus possibly 'W32/Sobig-F' > rootsweb cannot send anyone a Virus, the rootsweb mailing system is well > protected. > > Regards > > Barbara Mallyon > Basingstoke, Hants, UK > BarbaraMallyon@lewmal.co.uk > Listowner > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > ----------------------------------------- Email provided by http://www.ntlhome.com/