Thanks, Mary! Everyone have a safe and blessed Holy Season!!! See you after my trip home...and maybe to MONROE COUNTY itself!!! Jennifer Sherwood Braswell jensgen@iol10.com "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, full of grace and truth." John 1:14 ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary Kathryn Kozy <mkozy@attglobal.net> To: <GAMONROE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 12:17 PM Subject: [GAMONROE] Viruses on Rootsweb's lists? NOT! : Hello listmembers! : : Just wanted to sent a message out to everyone on my various Rootsweb : genealogy lists and tell you that you can relax about viruses being : transmitted on these lists. Some listowners who don't understand exactly : how Rootsweb works have panicked when they have gotten an e-mail with : what appears to be (though none of them have opened it) a virus : attachment. It is called "pirate.exe", and I'm sure before the ol' clock : ticks over on 1 Jan 2000, we will hear of many more. : : Please don't panic about this. I've heard that there are some listowners : who have had lots of "unsub" messages lately... Rootsweb does not allow : attachments to go through its lists, and so they are automatically : bounced to the listowner (and usually with an attachment on the subject : that says {not a subscriber}). All we have to do at that point is delete : them. I generally take a look at them, just in case it is someone on the : list trying to send a GEDCOM or a picture file, so that I can let them : know that this is not possible. Generally, the message is also sent back : to the individual who sent it letting them know that they cannot send : attachments. : : So, don't worry about getting a virus from your Rootsweb lists. Just be : extra vigilant over the next few weeks (and always, really) to NOT open : any attachments (particularly ".exe" and ".zip" ones) that you were not : expecting. You almost can't go by the maxim to "not open it unless you : know the person", since they are getting sophisticated enough now that : worms are being sent back out from infected computers to people in their : address books. So it may have a "here's the stuff you wanted" kind of : subject and may be from someone you know. As long as you don't open the : attachment, it can't hurt you, and you can always just let it sit and : pop an e-mail off to the sender asking if they really DID send you : something! I've even gotten to the point where I don't open cutesy : little "Christmas messages" or "Year 2000" animated gifs because I don't : have the time and don't want to risk anything. Silly I suppose, but I : have yet to be infected with a virus or worm either! :-) (Now... where's : the wood again to knock on?) : : Hope this has been helpful (though long-winded) and that you all have a : wonderful Christmas and a virus-free 2000! : : Mary Kathryn : Rootsweb Listowner : -- : Mary Kathryn Kozy : mkozy@attglobal.net : My Home Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~marykozy/ : South King Co. Gene. Soc. page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~waskcgs/ : Dougherty Co., GA USGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gadoughe/ : Monroe Co., GA USGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gamonroe/ : Lawrence Co., IL USGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illawren/ : : :