How do we view the tree? Don E. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colleen Pustola" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 1:01 PM Subject: [HOWELL] CHAT: CHRISTMAS GIFTS DEADLINE REMINDER > Hi cousins, > > This is your final reminder: TODAY IS THE DEADLINE to have your gifts to > me for our first family Christmas. > > I had a look at the tree today. I have to say, we are an extremely calm > family! <g> I noticed that only 14 of you have been looking at the > gifts under the tree! C'mon everybody! HAVE SOME FUN!!! :) > > I wish you all a WILDLY WONDERFUL Wednesday! :) > > Colleen > > > ==== HOWELL Mailing List ==== > Our homesite is the Howell Research Room located at > <http://www.geocities.com/howell_research>. > >

Hi cousins, This is your final reminder: TODAY IS THE DEADLINE to have your gifts to me for our first family Christmas. I had a look at the tree today. I have to say, we are an extremely calm family! <g> I noticed that only 14 of you have been looking at the gifts under the tree! C'mon everybody! HAVE SOME FUN!!! :) I wish you all a WILDLY WONDERFUL Wednesday! :) Colleen

Hello List, I just got my Great Grandmother's Death Certificate and so have some new information to add to my family tree, at long last. Sallie Anna HOWELL, born 30 MAY 1881, in Novasota (Grimes), TX. Parents names were William HOWELL and Sarah Alice BECKWITH. My father thinks she married someone with the surname of CLARK. They had two children, Fred and Ethel May. I don't know if (Unknown) CLARK died or if they got a divorce. Sallie married George August BOHN sometime before 01 FEB 1922, when their first child was born. They probably married in Houston (Harris), TX. Sallie died 28 SEP 1961 in Houston (Harris), TX. If anyone can give me any furthur information, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you, Jennifer _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

) ( ( ) Good Morning Family! ( \ .-.,--^--. ( Come on in. . . \* ) \\|`----'| - The coffee pot's on. . . .=|=. \| |// ...and we even have decaf, |~'~| | |/ tea, and hot chocolate! | | \ / _|___|_ ------ (_______) Today's topics include: 1. Welcome to new cousins 2. Holiday CHAT: forum is open 3. The Antebellum Christmas *** REMINDER: GIFTS FOR OUR FAMILY CHRISTMAS ARE DUE TO ME BY WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5th *** If you're new or have lost your original message regarding this family event, let me know <[email protected]> and I'll send you a copy. TO OUR NEWEST COUSINS ~~ On behalf of the entire 4H family, I'd like to extend a most hearty welcome to those cousins who came into the family fold this past week. We are very glad to have you with us and hope you'll stay and remain a part of our online family. As soon as you're comfortable with us and the list, please send in your Howell lines so we can all see how we're related to you. We do not have a fancy format for sending in records or queries to the list. Post as many as you wish! If the data has anything to do with Howell ancestors or any of the 9 variant spellings we research that might help someone, please feel free to post it. Every scrap of information is appreciated. You have joined not just a list, but a family of cousins who are four teams of researchers combined into one family, the 4H. Although we are one family, we have two homesites and if you haven't visited these sites yet, you are encouraged to do so ~ Home for the HOWELL-L, HOWELLS-SOUTHERN-L, and HOWLE-L is the Howell Research Room (otherwise known as the HRR) which opened May 28th. You'll find it located at <http://geocities.com/howell_research>. While not large in size yet, this site is to become a clearinghouse dedicated to global research of the Howell[s] surname and all her variant spellings. You're invited to submit material for display at the HRR. Simply let me know you want to house material there and what it is. We can display anything, provided it doesn't involve living persons. Contact me at <[email protected]>. Home for the HOWELL-SURNAME-L is the Edward Howell Family Association site at <http://www.ehfa.org>. This is a site dedicated to descendants of Edward Howell of Southampton, Long Island, New York. There you'll find an online transcription of "Descendants of Edward Howell (1584-1655) of Westbury Manor, Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, [England], and Southampton, Long Island, New York," Second Edition by Dr. David Faris. Web mistress for the EHFA site is Kristen Howell <[email protected]>. HOLIDAY CHAT: FORUM IS OPEN The holiday season is what most people call the "family time" of year. Just as we do every year, I'm opening the list up for any family discussion outside of our normal genealogy. Every year, between Thanksgiving and New Year's, the CHAT: forum opens for everyone to discuss holiday traditions and memories, pass greetings and recipes along, etc. The CHAT: forum is the safe harbor for off-topic discussion. Does anyone have any holiday family traditions or memories they'd like to share? As long as CHAT: starts out your subject line, you are in CHAT: forum and you can safely discuss non-genealogy subjects. HOWEVER, so everyone understands how this works, there are a few guidelines for the CHAT: forum: 1. You MUST start your subject line with CHAT: 2. Absolutely NO genealogy is to be put in CHAT: forum messages because not everyone in the family wants to read CHAT: messages. Those people know to simply delete messages with CHAT: in the subject line knowing they won't miss any genealogical data. CHAT: format messages are not an everyday occurrence. They normally happen here and there. The only, and longest, time the CHAT: forum is actively open is the holiday season ... now. After January 2nd, the CHAT: forum closes and resumes its normal inactivity with occasional messages only. Please remember everyone, to use the CHAT: forum for all your holiday greetings and traditions messages. And for your own protection, step into the CHAT: forum and start your subject line with CHAT: THE ANTEBELLUM CHRISTMAS Antebellum, Latin for 'before the war,' is a word that came into use about 1847. It specifically means 'existing before the Civil War.' When I hear this word I picture white plantation mansions with weeping willow trees. I picture the ladies' long, flowing gowns ... Let's back up in time a little more ... The early 17th century saw a wave of religious reform changing the way Europe celebrated Christmas. Oliver Cromwell and his Puritan forces took over England in 1645 and they had vowed to rid England of decadence. As part of their effort, they cancelled Christmas. However, Charles II was restored to the throne and with him, came the return of the now popular holiday. The Pilgrims were English separatists who came to America in 1620 possessing Puritan beliefs more orthodox than Cromwell. These beliefs resulted in Christmas not being celebrated in early America. From 1659 to 1681, the celebration of Christmas was outlawed in Boston. Anyone exhibiting the Christmas spirit was fined five shillings. By contrast, in the Jamestown settlement, Captain John Smith reported that Christmas was enjoyed by all and passed without incident. As years passed, attitudes relaxed and Christmas began to see a beginning in America. However, following the American Revolution, English customs fell out of favor, including Christmas. In fact, Congress was in session on December 25, 1789, the first Christmas under America's new constitution. Thank goodness for the American South and her people! It was the South that put both the holy day and the holiday of Christmas on the map in America. The first Christmas worship services took place in St. Augustine, Florida, and in the colony of Jamestown, Virginia. The first Christmas tree in America was decorated in the home of a judge in colonial Williamsburg, again in Virginia. Later, in 1831, Louisiana and Arkansas became the first states to recognize Christmas as a legal holiday at a time when celebrating it in Puritan New England could get one fined or thrown into the stockade. Alabama follwed in 1836 and, as fifteen more states (including Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin and Minnesota) quickly joined after 1850 to make it a legal holiday, the date of December 25th became standardized. Previously, celebrations took place on December 6th (St. Nicholas's day), or on January 6th (Epiphany). Christmas wasn't declared a federal holiday until June 26, 1870. Provisions for the closing of schools, banks, and government offices generally did not appear until then. Even before Christmas trees became popular in the South in the 1850s, it was customary for families to "add color" to their homes at Christmas by hanging holly wreaths on doors and walls and trimming everything from columns and staircases to chandeliers and punch bowls with garlands of ivy or cedar. Old South favorites still widely used today include orange pyracantha berries, red and white camellias, the South's naturally decorated Christmas trees ~ yellow jasmine, pinecones, pine branches, magnolia leaves and, of course, the poinsettia, first used as a holiday adornment in Charleston, South Carolina. Just as now, mistletoe also figured prominently in Southern Christmas celebrations. References to "kissing balls" of mistletoe can be found in the diaries of Southern belles and antebellum hostesses alike. In advance of a Christmas gathering where the loveliest belles and the dandiest beaus in the county might be expected, a party of hunters would venture into the woods, to "shoot down the mistletoe." As you might guess, the lucky marksman who succeeded was rewarded with the first Christmas kiss. By some accounts, Southern Christmases of old could be noisy, raucous affairs filled with fiddle music, dancing, pistol reports and fireworks at midnight. To be sure, they usually began with a solemn, early-morning ride in a wagon to a nearby church for a service. No self-respecting Southern host or hostess would allow Christmas to pass without offering guests a toast and a cup of eggnog. Creating this holiday beverage involved the mixing of at least three different spirits with egg whites, cream and spices. Significantly, the task of making this "virile" drink fell to the master of the house and was never given over to the hostess or to a servant. Still today, eggnog and syllabub reflect our English heritage. Originally fueled by a strong dark ale or beer, Southerners adapted them, adding our indigenous alcoholic beverage, bourbon. Food also sets the Southern Christmas tradition apart. From Maryland to Mississippi, the scent of oranges, a rare commodity in those times, was a giveaway that Christmas had arrived. Given their wide range of enjoyment, not even the old Southern black-eyed peas and hog jowls on New Year's Day can accomplish this today. As well, most Georgia natives expect cornbread stuffing gracing his or her plate at Christmas dinner. The Southern Christmas tradition reflects the wide ethnic and cultural differences of all the original Southern settlers. In Maryland, turkey with sauerkraut, not stuffing, is still served on on Christmas Day. In Georgia, old-timers continue their ancestor's traditional "Open House" on New Year's Day. When the holidays approach in Natchez, Mississippi, little girls make "tussie mussies," antebellum Christmas ornaments used to decorate the tree, just as their counterparts did more than a century ago. Today as then, when "the animals speak with the gift of tongues," you know that Christmas has arrived in Dixie. It was during the Antebellum period that Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" and its "carol" philosophy added another element with its assertion that brotherhood, kindness, and charity should be a part of life ~ especially at Christmas ~ was quickly accepted and added to American tradition. And, it was within such an atmosphere that Christmas as we know it began to manifest itself. Christmas trees had become relatively established in the United States by 1860. Trees of the period were decorated with various edibles and home-crafted ornaments ~ fruits, strands, and candles. By 1860 glass trinkets made in Germany were becoming available to adorn the branches. Music exclusively associated with Christmas was added to songbooks during this period. Caroling became increasingly practiced. Most of it was of a sacred nature and alluded to Christ's birth. "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" 1851), "See Amid the Winter's Snow" (also 1851), "There Came A Little Child to Earth" (1856), and "We Three Kings of Orient Are" (1859) all were composed before the Civil War. Christmas cards were relatively well-known in England by 1860, but the custom of sending holiday greetings was unknown in America during this period. As early as the 1830s newspapers were filled with enticements to lure "Christmas shoppers." Raisins for baked goods to pianofortes for the parlor to uplifting books for the mind and soul were pushed via the papers. Merchants were quick to realize the potential of the gift-giving season and capitalize on the growing importance of Christmas. Santa Clauses had begun to appear on street corners and in stores by 1850. Santa Claus was evolving during this period. Although it would be several years before our modern Santa would be given his enduring jolly, round form, "Santa Claus" of 1860 would still be recognizable to today's child. The revival of holiday traditions provides continuity with our past while enriching our present. And in America, we have our ancestral South to thank. Family ... it's what we're all about. To you December babies - the cousins and I wish you a very happy and exciting year ahead. Happy Birthday! You are loved! Thank you for allowing me to spend this time with you today. I wish each of you a week filled with health, productivity, fun, and above all, filled with love and inner peace. ) ( ) _.-~~-. (@\'--'/. Colleen ('``.__.'`) `..____.'

Colleen, If we have already submitted our Christmas Gift, should we send it again? Adelene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colleen Pustola" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 11:33 PM Subject: [HOWELL] CHAT: PLEASE READ re: CHRISTMAS GIFTS > Hi cousins, > > My computer crashed yesterday (last nite, actually) my harddrive decided > to "give it up" and go to harddrive heaven, taking with it all my > messages from the past year. Virus recovery instructions were on that > harddrive, so were all the presents. > > I've spent most of today trying to recover any of the gifts with no > luck. So, following this message I'll begin rebuilding the recovery > instructions, then tomorrow start rebuilding our Christmas pages. > Hopefully, I can have them ready to put online by this coming weekend. > I'll start rewrapping gifts after that. > > Sometimes computering isn't fun; this is one of those times. :-| > > Because of this new 'development' I'm going to have to extend the gift > deadline. I can't give you much extra time though, I'm sorry. The new > deadline is Wednesday, December 5th. Hopefully, if you've already sent > your present[s] in and still have it in your machine, you can resend > it/them right away. I'm afraid I'm going to be very backed up here, but > I promise not to lose them again. :( > > I wish you all a wonderful rest of the Wednesday evening. :) > > Colleen > > > ==== HOWELL Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the HOWELL discussion list, send a message to [email protected] (mail mode) or [email protected] (digest) with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > >

I am not sure what I have missed in the past few days, but the web page is fabulous. What are the 'gifts' we are supposed to bring? Virginia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colleen Pustola" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 8:33 PM Subject: [HOWELL] CHAT: PLEASE READ re: CHRISTMAS GIFTS > Hi cousins, > > My computer crashed yesterday (last nite, actually) my harddrive decided > to "give it up" and go to harddrive heaven, taking with it all my > messages from the past year. Virus recovery instructions were on that > harddrive, so were all the presents. > > I've spent most of today trying to recover any of the gifts with no > luck. So, following this message I'll begin rebuilding the recovery > instructions, then tomorrow start rebuilding our Christmas pages. > Hopefully, I can have them ready to put online by this coming weekend. > I'll start rewrapping gifts after that. > > Sometimes computering isn't fun; this is one of those times. :-| > > Because of this new 'development' I'm going to have to extend the gift > deadline. I can't give you much extra time though, I'm sorry. The new > deadline is Wednesday, December 5th. Hopefully, if you've already sent > your present[s] in and still have it in your machine, you can resend > it/them right away. I'm afraid I'm going to be very backed up here, but > I promise not to lose them again. :( > > I wish you all a wonderful rest of the Wednesday evening. :) > > Colleen > > > ==== HOWELL Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the HOWELL discussion list, send a message to [email protected] (mail mode) or [email protected] (digest) with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. >

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [HOWELLS-SOUTH] CHRISTMAS GIFTS & THE BAD TRANS VIRUS Resent-Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 20:03:37 -0700 Resent-From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 22:01:05 -0500 From: "Don Carr" <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] References: <[email protected]> From: Joan Carr ************************************************************************** Looking for information on Etheldred Howell and Nancy Emeline Scott of TN. They are found on the 1840 Hardin County, TN census. On the 1850 Hardin County census, she is found with her children. 1860 Henderson County, TN census, Nancy Emeline is living next door to her parents Alexander William Scott and wife Nancy. Etheldred Howell was born Nov 11, 1812 and died Dec 31, 1848. He married Nancy Emeline Scott about 1837. She was born April 25, 1819 and died July 23, 1884, buried McCall Cemetery, Henderson County, TN. Their children: 1. Mary Missouri Howell, b. Jan 8, 1838 and d. Sept. 6, 1883, married Ransom Timothy Jones on Aug. 15, 1858. 2. William Carroll Howell, b. March 13, 1843 and died April 1862 3. Synthia Ann Howell, b. Jan 16, 1844 and d. Jan 25, 1865, married Carroll Vincent Jones on Aug 15, 1861. 4. James *Ethelred Howell, b. Dec 3, 1848 and d. Feb 23, 1940, married Kizzie Ann Jones on July 31, 1873. 5. Nancy Jane Howell, b. Nov 11, 1846 and died March 14, 1914, married Harvey Azbill on Apr 5, 1866. *Notice the change in spelling of James Ethelred. His father's name was spelled Etheldred. Family legend says that Etheldred Howell died on his way to New Orleans of a fever. We do not know where he is buried. Is there anyone else researching these Howells of TN? Joan Carr [email protected] [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colleen Pustola" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 12:02 PM Subject: [HOWELLS-SOUTH] CHRISTMAS GIFTS & THE BAD TRANS VIRUS > Hi everyone, > > In light of this new wave of the BadTrans, I'm now requesting that any > of you who have presents to send for our family Christmas to please let > me know first that you're sending me a file. Give me the exact name of > the file and please don't send it until you've heard back from me that > I'm ready to receive it. This is my only way of protecting my computer. > > Friday, November 30th, is the deadline for Christmas gift submissions. > I haven't received many for the size of family we are, so I hope we just > have a lot of last-minute people here. :) > > I wish you all a MAHHHVELOUS Monday! :) > > Colleen > > > ==== HOWELLS-SOUTHERN Mailing List ==== > To post messages to the Howells-Southern discussion list, send them to > [email protected] > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > ==== HOWELLS-SOUTHERN Mailing List ==== Please avoid flaming (attacking) any single person or the group. This infraction will earn you immediate removal from the list. ============================== Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp

Hi cousins, My computer crashed yesterday (last nite, actually) my harddrive decided to "give it up" and go to harddrive heaven, taking with it all my messages from the past year. Virus recovery instructions were on that harddrive, so were all the presents. I've spent most of today trying to recover any of the gifts with no luck. So, following this message I'll begin rebuilding the recovery instructions, then tomorrow start rebuilding our Christmas pages. Hopefully, I can have them ready to put online by this coming weekend. I'll start rewrapping gifts after that. Sometimes computering isn't fun; this is one of those times. :-| Because of this new 'development' I'm going to have to extend the gift deadline. I can't give you much extra time though, I'm sorry. The new deadline is Wednesday, December 5th. Hopefully, if you've already sent your present[s] in and still have it in your machine, you can resend it/them right away. I'm afraid I'm going to be very backed up here, but I promise not to lose them again. :( I wish you all a wonderful rest of the Wednesday evening. :) Colleen

Just one additional fact about Micsoft OUTLOOK EXPRESS. I had version 5 of Outlook Express and it was vulnerable, and I got the virus just viewing the email. Unless I preview an email I don't see the Header with the Addresses. There is a Security Patch V.5.01 that I installed to my computer, and it now blocks these infected emails from self installing when I view them. Paula Chodacki

Hi everyone, You know the saying, "Forewarned is forearmed?" Well, here's your opportunity to "get smart" with regard to this insidious and dangerous virus that's going through all of us right now. I've been doing some heavy research for the past two days in addition to communicating with a lot of you. Hopefully, this message will clear up a lot of the confusion that's been going around. It's also probably going to be a "longie," so you might want to grab your coffee cups, tea glasses, or soda cans and sit back to have a rather extensive read. I won't do another update unless this virus mutates again and does something drastically weird. I'm sure everyone knows by know that the current virus we're all dealing with is a SECOND strain to the original Bad Trans worm we had to weather through. If you'll remember, the first Bad Trans warned us by way of double extensions on an attachment plus the giveaway instruction, "Take a look to the attachment." Not completely so with this second strain! This insidious little mutant has so many people confused that they're unwittingly opening messages and getting infected. Rather than go into it all again, please read my warning message of the night before. From there I'll update here... This section is a composite of information found at <http://www.symantec.com>, <http://www.mcafee.com>, and <http://www.viruslist.com>. After this section I'll pass along some comments from the field (us)... The [email protected] is a worm that spreads under Win32 systems. The virus sends email messages with infected files attached, as well as installs a spying Trojan component to steal information from infected systems. The worm itself is a Win32 executable file (PE EXE file). Unopened, it's about 29-30Kb in size, but decompressed the worm file length becomes about 60Kb in size. The worm consists of two main components, the Worm itself and a Trojan. The "Worm" component sends infected messages, and the "Trojan" component sends out information (user's info, remote access service data, cached passwords, keyboard log) from infected computers to a specified e-mail address. It also keeps a keystroke-log program body in its code, and installs it into the system while infecting a new machine. INFECTING THE SYSTEM When a user clicks on an attached file and activates the code, the worm gains access to the computer. First of all, it installs its components to the system and registers in the system registry. Once running, the Trojan attempts to mail the victim's IP address to the author. Once this information is obtained, the author can connect to the infected system via the Internet and steal personal information such as user names, and passwords. In addition, the Trojan also contains a keystroke-log program which is capable of capturing other vital information such as credit card and bank account numbers and passwords. The worm also drops an additional keyboard hooker (Win32 DLL file) to the system, and then uses this to spy on text entered by a keyboard. If programmed by the hacker to do so, the worm may delete the original, infected file once installation is complete. SPREADING McAfee reports, "If the attachment is opened, the worm displays a message box entitled, "Install error" which reads, "File data corrupt: probably due to a bad data transmission or bad disk access." But this isn't happening to me, or a lot of other people (at least not that I've seen, anyway). What IS happening follows: When a user becomes infected, the next time s/he reboots the computer, the virus goes through the user's email program and looks for unread messages in all the mailboxes. To send infected messages, the worm uses a direct connection to an SMTP server. A victim's email address is obtained in two different ways: 1. through your address book 2. by the worm reading all your e-mail in your inbox, and obtains e-mail addresses from here. Next, the worm generates replies and sends infected messages. The message body contains HTML format, and uses a system breach to spawn an infected attachment on vulnerable machines. The worm uses the infected computer owner's email address as the sender, BUT it adds "_" (underscore) before the real address. The subject line may OR MAY NOT have a subject line of nothing but "RE:" (nothing else). For most of us, the body of the email is completely blank. There are no attachments, so there is nothing to click. That's because the virus is embedded in the body, with code that hides it. The recipient receives what appears to be a totally blank message. It's actually 29-30K long. Are you a list manager who's receiving reports that <[email protected]> has been sending out infected messages to your membership? Let's see if I can explain this one for you ... A SCENARIO TO EXPLAIN MOST OF IT You're a listowner of the ABC-l list. In your membership is Ima Doe. She uses Microsoft Outlook and has a HUGE address book filled with peers doing genealogy from all the lists she belongs to. In real life, Ima has a daughter, Sheeza. :) Sheeza isn't part of any list, nor does she do genealogy. However, Sheeza's computer is infected. Her infected machine emails Mom (Ima), and Mom seeing a message from her beloved daughter Sheeza, immediately opens the message! That's all she wrote! Ima's computer is now infected. You, the listowner of the abc-l list, and anyone else in Ima's address book, is now vulnerable to receiving the infection. List members start reporting that Sheeza Doe <[email protected]> is sending out virus messages! Being a terrific list manager (and you are, aren't you?) you head for your utilities page to unsub this poor woman till she gets her machine cleaned up, but alas!... there is NO sheeza in the membership, nor is there anyone from isp! The message everyone received said it's from Sheeza Doe <[email protected]> simply because Sheeza was in Ima's computer! Get that??? <g> (I've been working at this for a while folks, and am feeling a little uhm... "creative" here! If the Ima's and Sheeza's get you all fouled up, change the Ima to Jane and the Sheeza to son, John.) Symantec reports: If SMTP (user) information can be found on the current computer, then it will be used for the From: field. Otherwise, the From: field will be one of: "Mary L. Adams" <[email protected]> "Monika Prado" <[email protected]> <--- I've had this one several times "Support" <[email protected]> "Admin" <[email protected]> "Administrator" <[email protected]> "JESSICA BENAVIDES" <[email protected]> "Joanna" <[email protected]> "Mon S" <[email protected]> "Linda" <[email protected]> "Andy" <[email protected]> "Kelly Andersen" <[email protected]> "Tina" <[email protected]> "Rita Tulliani" <[email protected]> "JUDY" <[email protected]> "Anna" <[email protected]> However, we're all receiving messages from a host of other names, including those we don't know (like <[email protected]>?). >From a message in the field: "I just discovered a problem when searching for FROM: addresses that start with <"_">. There is a problem with people who have their email program set to show both their name and email address in the FROM: header. If such a person is infected, mail from him/her will show, in the header, something like the following: "John Doe" <[email protected]> "The FROM: element in the header you see before you open the email will show only "John Doe". That's a problem. Either set up a filter to divert infected emails to a separate mailbox, or make sure your system is COMPLETELY protected before you open or preview any more emails.)" To notify the person who has the infected machine, simply remove the leading '_' from their email address. WHAT CAN YOU DO? 1.) Insure that your antivirus software has been updated since November 25, 2001. Anything before that will not give you the protection you need from this strain of BadTrans. Because of the mutations this strain appears to be doing, most people are updating DAILY now. 2.) Keep your antivirus program running at all times. You just never know when you'll be the next "recipient." 3.) Stay calm. Realize and remember that N0 virus is currently capable of passing through a RootsWeb list. Rootsweb's filters are set to very high. However, BadTrans.B makes it *APPEAR* that this is happening, and uses list messages as a source for new targets. Unsubscribing from the list will do you no good if your email address is already in someone else's computer and that machine becomes infected. MICROSOFT OUTLOOK USERS BE SURE TO READ THIS! Particularly vulnerable to the BadTrans.B virus are those users of Outlook (not Outlook Express). It's imperative that Outlook users NOT open suspicious emails, or even preview them. Outlook users will infect their computers simply by opening or previewing infected email. Since these infected messages have no attachments to click on in order to activate the virus, just opening the message activates the virus through HTML coding embedded in the post. Again, the message size is 29-30K, but what you see is a blank message. At the point of seeing the blank message, the computer has been infected. Outlook users are advised to view the headers. If a header reports a sender's address as similar to <[email protected]>, DO NOT OPEN IT! As stated above, opening or even previewing an infected message through Outlook will activate the virus and cause your system to become infected. Available since May 16, 2001 is a patch for Outlook versions 5.01 and 5.5 that should be downloaded and installed immediately. MSIE 6.0 appears not to be affected because the patches for previous versions have been incorporated into it. You can check to see which patches your system needs by going to <http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/>. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WINDOWS ME USERS READ THIS! Windows ME utilizes a backup utility that backs up selected files automatically to the C:\_Restore folder. This means that an infected file could be stored there as a backup file, and VirusScan will be unable to delete these files. I have the instructions on how to remove the infected files from the C:\_Restore folder if you need/want them. IDEAS AND COMMENTS FROM THE FIELD (US): 1. Are you concerned about even receiving infected messages? Here's an idea that _might_ work: Set up a special folder specifically for "Infected Mail." Then, use your email program's filter to watch and transfer all messages with the "_" in the header to that "Infected Mail" folder. Make sure this is the first of your filters. 2. Are you emailing people telling them their computer is infected and that person writes back that it's not? This is because of the virus sending out the infected messages without the PC owner's knowledge. The person's machine is "definitely infected, whatever they may say to the contrary. Keep in mind that the virus is only contained in the messages that their computer is sending without their knowledge - not the ones they are sending you legitimately. That is why you are receiving some virus infected messages and some virus free. Unless their virus definitions are up-to-date they could run a virus scan & find nothing. Norton only updated their definitions to include the latest Badtrans virus this weekend." It's important that you impress on these owners that their computer IS indeed, infected and they need to take care of it. 3. "In your address book ADD NEW Contact..... !0000 exactly like this. It puts this address first in your book and STOPS the virus from sending to your list..." This is a hoax, I'm afraid. It doesn't work. You'll find information about the "!0000" hoax at <http://antivirus.about.com/library/weekly/aa082801b.htm>. 4. Have you heard of MailWasher <http://www.mailwasher.net>? Though I haven't tried it, here's a user's comment regarding that FREE program: "I can view, identify and delete the viruses while they are still on the ISP server. They never get to my computer." Hmmm... perhaps it's worth checking out? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You've done it! You've made it to the end! Once again let's keep this off the list. If you have any questions you're welcome to email me <[email protected]>. I wish you a TERRIFIC Tuesday! :) Stay vigilant; stay alert ... keep your computer safe! Colleen

Thanks for warning. I am double protected by Norton and my IP ev1.net, but always best to be aware & prepared to delete. ----- Original Message ----- From: "McKinley, Michael E." <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 26 November, 2001 7:26 AM Subject: RE: [HOWELL] Rec'd suspicious email Re: Roll Call, Wm. Howell, - Think it's a Virus! > Jean Crawford's computer is apparently infected with the Badtrans e-mail > worm. As well as belonging to the Howell-L list, I'm the e-mail > administrator for and also in charge of antivirus solutions for my company. > When I received my copy of Jean Crawfords e-mail, my mail system quarantined > it. > Jean, if you're out there, you need to either install a good antivirus > program on your system, or update your antivirus definitions to the latest > version. Good luck! > Best regards... > Michael McKinley > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paula Chodacki [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 12:30 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [HOWELL] Rec'd suspicious email Re: Roll Call, Wm. Howell, - > Think it's a Virus! > > > I just rec'd a email with no message, from Jean Crawford - > [email protected]; with an attachment ATT00072.txt. I did not open > it. > > When I tried to reply to the message even though addressed to her address, > it came back to me, with the subject: Fw: Nice Letter. > > When I then put in the [email protected] address by hand the email was > returned to me with no such address being known. > > Beware everyone, don't open any attachments!! > Paula Chodacki > [email protected] > URL: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/h/o/Paula-L-Chodacki/index.html > > ______________________________ > > ______________________________

Subject: Re: {Howell-L] Jacob Jasper Howell > Folks, > Is there a Jean Crawford on this List? I am trying to respond to a private > e-mail message I > received from her e-mail address and having no success because the return > address is apparently > not valid. > Stan in Long Beach, CA >

Hi everyone, In light of this new wave of the BadTrans, I'm now requesting that any of you who have presents to send for our family Christmas to please let me know first that you're sending me a file. Give me the exact name of the file and please don't send it until you've heard back from me that I'm ready to receive it. This is my only way of protecting my computer. Friday, November 30th, is the deadline for Christmas gift submissions. I haven't received many for the size of family we are, so I hope we just have a lot of last-minute people here. :) I wish you all a MAHHHVELOUS Monday! :) Colleen

Jean Crawford's computer is apparently infected with the Badtrans e-mail worm. As well as belonging to the Howell-L list, I'm the e-mail administrator for and also in charge of antivirus solutions for my company. When I received my copy of Jean Crawfords e-mail, my mail system quarantined it. Jean, if you're out there, you need to either install a good antivirus program on your system, or update your antivirus definitions to the latest version. Good luck! Best regards... Michael McKinley -----Original Message----- From: Paula Chodacki [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 12:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [HOWELL] Rec'd suspicious email Re: Roll Call, Wm. Howell, - Think it's a Virus! I just rec'd a email with no message, from Jean Crawford - [email protected]; with an attachment ATT00072.txt. I did not open it. When I tried to reply to the message even though addressed to her address, it came back to me, with the subject: Fw: Nice Letter. When I then put in the [email protected] address by hand the email was returned to me with no such address being known. Beware everyone, don't open any attachments!! Paula Chodacki [email protected] URL: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/h/o/Paula-L-Chodacki/index.html ______________________________

Seeking info on John and Jane (Edwards) Howell, of Girard, Trumbull County, Ohio. Born in Wales. Child (Griffith) born in 1865 in Girard, Ohio. Griffith married Mary Ann Reynolds in 1888. Later moved to Clay County, Indiana.

Hi everyone, It appears there's a new strain of the Bad Trans virus running rampant through the lists. This one is the <[email protected]>. For benefit of you newbies, the BadTrans is a nasty little worm that gets into your computer and mails out messages without your knowledge. This new version of the worm also drops a backdoor trojan that logs keystrokes. Those messages contain an attachment with the virus. A quick lesson here for those of you who don't know ... 1. You should ALWAYS be extremely cautious when it comes to opening opening attachments. If you receive one that you didn't expect, before opening it write back to the sender to see if s/he mailed something to you and find out what it is. 2. You will NEVER receive a virus through the list, but if listmembers get infected, their computer may send you the virus, which *may* have a list subject line. 3. This new strain of BadTrans is going to make life difficult for a LOT of people. Note the differences: The first wave of BadTrans virus messages always had a standard "Take a look to the attachment." at the end of the message but above the attachment. Also, those messages had double extensions (for example: filename.exe.pif OR filename.doc.scr OR filename.txt.exe OR any other combination of extensions), know immediately that your message is holding a virus. Do not open the attachment, but delete it immediately. According to people who have already received infected messages this newer strain of BadTrans virus is even nastier than the first because the attachment may not show or there is a false (second) extension. It appears to have filename.doc or filename.txt BUT THE REAL EXTENSION ( .scr or .exe) IS 59 SPACES TO THE RIGHT. Also, the message size will be around 29 or 30k even if no words shows up. One other clue, the email addresses of the sending computers is altered by having an underline character preceeding the address <[email protected]>. You are strongly encouraged to keep your virus protects updated on a daily basis ~ or at least every other day. If you receive an infected message please do two things: 1. advise the family of the fact you've received an infected message and from whom. 2. send me the name and email address of the person with the infected computer as well as the list name If YOU have the infected computer I will unsubscribe you from the list until you've cleaned your machine and let me know about it. This is for protection of the cousins' computers. You can read about this virus and how to remove it from your system on the Norton Symantec site ... http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected] Let's NOT turn this to a virus discussion on the list. If you have any questions you're welcome to email me <[email protected]>. Stay alert, everyone. Colleen

I just got one from [email protected], who is not in my address book. Subject was Civil war Howell's. Tried to contact...bounced back. It has no message but the file is SETUP.DOC.scr. Becareful folks. Jackie Howell

I just got a similar email. ^Thanks for the warning.

I am afraid to open any mail with attachments.. I just delete anything with an attachment any more.. Jackie Researching the families of: Morgan, Brewer, Howell, Ballard, Beck, Ricker, Knight, Woods, Simmons and Buffington ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 12:32 PM Subject: Re: [HOWELL] Rec'd suspicious email Re: Roll Call, Wm. Howell, - Think it's a... In a message dated 11/25/2001 9:29:34 AM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > > I just rec'd a email with no message, from Jean Crawford - > [email protected]; with an attachment ATT00072.txt. I did not open > it. I also did but it had an attachment ending in .scr and we all know those are viruses! Tried to alert the sender (same as above) but it bounced saying "user unknown". Darlene ==== HOWELL Mailing List ==== Please do not send messages with attachments, HTML, MIME, or any other enhanced text to the list. RootsWeb does not allow messages with those settings through their servers and will only return them to you.

In a message dated 11/25/2001 9:29:34 AM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > > I just rec'd a email with no message, from Jean Crawford - > [email protected]; with an attachment ATT00072.txt. I did not open > it. I also did but it had an attachment ending in .scr and we all know those are viruses! Tried to alert the sender (same as above) but it bounced saying "user unknown". Darlene