Thanks for passing this along. I am sending it to the lists so they will know. Margie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg And Winnette" <gnw@rose.net> To: "Margie Daniels" <margie@majorinternet.net> Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 8:04 AM Subject: Virus, Trojans and Worms Information from Rootsweb > Margie, > > This is what is happening to make people think it came from Rootsweb. > This is from the Rootsweb Help Desk. > > Winnette > > This is a forged e-mail address. Our messages do not go out with a FROM > header of listname-L-request. At least one of the virus programs uses e-mail > addresses found in cached web pages -- the most likely source of this style > address. > > Investigation of the headers in the original message will allow you (or > your ISP) to track back to the originating ISP. It is doubtful that you'd > be able to get back to a specific user unless the ISP had logged dial-in > association with IP addresses. > > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.381 / Virus Database: 214 - Release Date: 8/2/02 > >