I too have received this virus EIGHT times today from various rootsweb senders. If you have Outlook, the email will not show having an attachment - the attachment is embedded within the email and immediately tries to execute itself when you preview the email, or just open it. This virus has found a way to work around Rootsweb's prevention because it does not show itself as an attachment per se, so Rootsweb servers are not recognizing it and is letting these emails go through. Trust me, your sender does not know she sent it! Laura Greene Carlsbad, CA > -----Original Message----- > From: Mellie [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 1:11 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [GREEN] One of you has a VIRUS! I am holding it on my PC in > quarantine > > > for the time being, I have received an email with an attachment from > Elizabeth -Angela Guyver, re: Shadrack green > I have not opened it but media placyer started for reasons best know > to its self, my AV will hold in quarantine, can Elizabeth confirm via > list (as rootsweb will prevent the virus from getting through)that she > did or did not send email to me with an attachment before I blast it > to kingdom come! > Mellie > IBSSG > Diagonally parked in a parallel universe > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.298 / Virus Database: 161 - Release Date: 13/11/01 >

High List, I only received one virus infected message today. It is pretty cleaver how it gets around your suspicions. It was not on this list but had a subject line that was from a message that I had sent to this other List last week. It had no message, just a blank box with an attachment. I normally would not open an attachment but since it was Re my message, I started to open it. Also I recognized the senders name. Luckily my Antivirus was on and stopped my doing it. Then I took a closer look and realized it had not fooled Rootsweb and gotten through. IT WAS SENT TO MY PERSONAL E-MAIL but with the Re [email protected]**** it looked as if it had come from the List. Also as some one has mentioned, when I returned it to the sender, it bounced back as no such address. So I went and looked for the address in my sent mail and all that it would show me was her Name, not her E-mail. Then a light went off and I looked in my address book and sure enough there was the tell tail underline in front of her address to prevent it from being returned so I removed it and sent it again. So far It has not been bounced Be careful!!!.........................................Bob in So. CA PS By the way glad to be back. Been off the list for some time. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laura Greene" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> > I too have received this virus EIGHT times today from various rootsweb > senders. If you have Outlook, the email will not show having an > attachment - the attachment is embedded within the email and immediately > tries to execute itself when you preview the email, or just open it. This > virus has found a way to work around Rootsweb's prevention > > > >

I have had 4 today too, AVG is on overtime, but mine did show attachments, the subject lines were ones that I had eother used myself or replied to some months ago! so effectively i would have opened them thinking someone had sent me further information on a particular subject! the senders were not in my address book, but that means nothing as I save emails for future reference, I am sure most of us do! thats why I asked if the sender had actually sent anything to me. Its not hers or anyones fault that these viruses are hitting us, its the hackers/virus makers. I do hope that neither Elizabeth nor anyone thinks that I was blaming them, I just wnated to be sure that I was not destroying information that I did actually need! Its really doing the rounds theis bad trans one, and in no format that I have seen posted on any list ot be aware of! Mellie IBSSG Diagonally parked in a parallel universe --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.303 / Virus Database: 164 - Release Date: 24/11/01