I have also gotten a virus laden email titled McKeon Genealogy. Someone with really choppy English sent a brief message with it saying I should review his family tree attached. The sender was [email protected] Shawn Ford > [Original Message] > From: Lyn Stafford <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 12/3/01 3:55:15 PM > Subject: [[ILLAKE]: ] Re: [[ILLAKE]: ] watch out for virus > > Thanks for the warning. I'm up to date on my Norton's and Norton has found > almost one a day. These are sick people. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mary Urban" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 11:33 AM > Subject: [[ILLAKE]: ] watch out for virus > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/columns/extra/4948.asp > > > > Please go to this web page and see what is going on on these two querie > > boards. I am getting bombarded with e-mails carrying virus. The "McAfee > > Automatic Scan" attached to the messages posted to these boards is totally > > useless. And they are getting slick. Now they actually put a subject. > It > > is usually "re:" a message you actually posted to this system. That is > how > > I got it. It was actually from someone I new and had a subject regarding > > one of my queries. The difference is they put a "_" in front of the > > person's name sending the message. They one I just deleted was called > > "Sorry About Yesterday.mpg" and the previous was "Fat Lady Sings". With > the > > "Badnews" virus I was stupid enough to open and infect our computer. This > > one will send an e-mail to "any" email address in your mailbox. The > e-mail > > address can be on an e-mail, not just in your address book. You will not > > even know who you have sent these virus to. Yesterday we also got a > Norton > > virus alert on a web page that had the lyrics of music. Luckily we have > > been keeping our anti virus program current. > > > > Good luck. > > > > Mary > > > > [email protected] > > http://genealogy2002.tripod.com > > http://communities.msn.com/Genealogy2000 > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > --- Shawn Ford --- [email protected] --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet.