OK, so it's me again. I check my 'trash bin' and you are right. It was made to look like the Hill site. I goofed and I'm sorry. All's right with the world. GBH333@aol.com wrote: > Attention all subscribers, > > There is NO SUCH THING as a virus being distributed by our HILL list. Please > read below recent comments by Tim Pierce, administrator of all lists from > Rootsweb.com, who has investigated recent similar claims. > > The HILL list is filtered and no attachments are allowed. Some recent viruses > send themselves out to the addresses in your address book using an address it > found there as the sender's address. So if you have the address of a list in > your address book, the virus may use that to make it appear it came from the > list. It does not actually come through RootsWeb, it only looks like it did. > > Below is what Tim Pierce recently had to say about possibly this or other > similar viruses. > > Byron Hill > HILL Listowner > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------- > Hi, folks - > > We've had a lot of reports tonight about a virus being passed > around on RootsWeb lists. I have looked into these reports > and it does NOT appear that the viruses have actually been > sent through our lists. > > I've included a semi-technical explanation of what I have been > able to find out, for those of you who are curious. The only > important message here is that RootsWeb's lists are NOT the > source of recent virus reports. > > What seems to be happening is that the current flock of viruses > do the following things when they infect a new computer: > > * The virus sends a copy of itself to everyone in the > computer's address book; > > * It forges its own return address to look like it was sent by > someone *else* in the address book; > > * and it uses the Subject line from a message that was recently > sent from that machine. > > So if an infected person sent mail to BUMBLEROTTER-L@rootsweb.com, > the virus might send out mail like this to someone else in the > victim's address book: > > From: BUMBLEROTTER-L@rootsweb.com > To: joe@example.com > Subject: [BUMBLEROTTER] looking for Fred and Wilma Bumblerotter > > http://stuart.messagemates.com/index.html > > Hypercool Happy New Year 2000 funny programs and animations... > We attached our recent animation from this site in our mail ! Check it out ! > > Even though the mail never was sent to RootsWeb, the return address > is forged to make it appear as if it came from us. > > I will continue to work on figuring out if there is anything that > we can do about this; in the meantime, please assure any concerned > subscribers that subscribing to a RootsWeb list is not dangerous. :-) > > -- > Regards, > Tim Pierce > RootsWeb.com lead system adminstrator > ------------------------------- > What can you do? Protect yourself by never opening an attachment from someone > you do not know or that looks suspicious. Use a virus protection program. > Know what viruses are out there so you will recognize one when if you get it. > There are sites that will help you such as: > > http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ > http://www.stanford.edu/group/partners/hoaxes.shtml > http://kumite.com/myths/ > http://www.mcafee.com/centers/anti-virus/default2.asp > > and many others. Remember, if you do not open the attachment, you can not get > infected with the virus. Delete it. Then empty the trash bin to make sure it > is gone. If you are using an email program that stores attachments elsewhere > on your computer, such as Eudora, find it there and delete it too. > > ==== HILL Mailing List ==== > Thank you for your support of The HILL Family Discussion List. > Please post your HILL research periodically so we will all know who > you are looking for.