> Hope. In response to your questions. Yes, this Jackson person sent me > two emails. They were listed immediately below the two you sent, which were > forwarding the query from Virginia Stuart (legitimate) and Jackson's. The > first email from Jackson was indeed a short request for info on a Sydney > Farris. Never heard of Sydney. The second message had the paperclip symbol > for attachment next to the line. When I opened the email, there was no > message, just a subject line that read HAPPY99.EXE ( or something very > similar to that). I had a vague recollection that I'd heard or read about > this virus, and when I clicked on it my virus scan program opened a window > and cautioned that it may be a virus and asked me if I wanted to open it > anyway or save it to disk. I opted to save it to disk, my floppy drive. > BINGO! The moment it started to download, my screen lit up with VIRUS > DETECTED! > > I did several things then. I sent a message to my server giving them the > information in case they wanted to do something about it. I sent a message > to my virus scan company (McAfee) notifying them of the virus and how it > arrived, in case they wanted to do something about it. And I sent a > response to this Jackson guy, telling him his virus didn't catch me. > Interestingly enough, this morning, that message was returned as > undeliverable, because the host server " wvinter.net" could not be located. > It all makes sense now, doesn't it? > Tell you what. I think you'd be smart to send a message to everyone on the > Farris Family net, advising of this virus and how it came to me. If you > want to forward this message as the means of notifying all, be my guest. I > may notify a few more of my friends who are looking for other names, in case DO NOT OPEN ANY ATTACHMENTS others send. If they cant send it in regular email. I trash them. Hope Farris