I got one today...called "PrettyPark.exe", Norton caught it right away, never opened it. Its an old one, been out since June 1999. Treated this one different though, Norton put it in "quarantine", they've not done that with any of mine before. I didn't like it there even, so I just deleted the whole thing. Believe it was a "worm". Yes, very important to run the Virus Updates, if you haven't. Mine is scheduled to update once a week, but since the middle of December I update just about everyday. Mary Ann At 11:17 PM 01/20/2000 -0600, you wrote: >If you haven't checked for worms lately, how about using your virus >checker and see if you have let one slip in on your computer. > >We won't get worms from the maillists but any private emails even >from state agencies, etc, can have a worm attached. > >Not too long ago I recd a worm called baby.exe. I didn't open it >and deleted it as it looked suspicious. And, a few minutes ago, >another person said someone had sent her the happy99.exe virus very >recently. > >I am getting very paranoid about attachments sent to me. If they >look funny coming from a friend, I don't open it; I delete the >attachment and ask the friend after the fact as to what the >attachment was. > >Worms are nuisances and can infect every email you send out and you >won't know you are sending on every email you send out to people. > >Some more of the viruses are:- >1) buddylst.exe >2) calcu18r.exe >3) deathpr.exe >4) einstein.exe >5) happ.exe >6) happy99.exe >7) japanese.exe >8) keypress.exe >9) kitty.exe >10) teletubb.exe > >Whatever virus checker you have, go to their site and see if you >have the latest update then use it for your computer. > >Yep, won't hurt to get a little paranoid about attachments you >receive. One way to be sure your system isn't infected is to run >your virus checker on your system before you open the >attachment(s). Or just plain run your virus checker now/soon. > >Thanks. > >Gloria Frazier > > > >==== ILMACOUP Mailing List ==== >1830, 1840, 1850, 1860 Macoupin County Census: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/census.htm - ------------------------------------------------------ Mary Ann Kaylor My Family Genealogy http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~makaylor/index.html