There is someone using differnt alias and sending people e-mail : It usually Replies to a Query ---but its only an attachment . (It has a hooker Virus .) I have been sent 3 e-mails this week like it. I "too" have a virus checker and i also tried reply to the sender and like you it was sent back . To others on the list Be warned if you receive an e-mail "with only an attachment." >From: "Connie Bartlett" <connie@metrocast.net> >Reply-To: INGEN-L@rootsweb.com >To: INGEN-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [INGEN] Death records >Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 07:08:12 -0500 > >Thank you all for replying to my request... > >Mr Robert Fender....you sent an attachment that was infected with the >newest big, bad, bug, gen-hooker. Fortunately I have a virus checker and >it detected it before I opened it. > >I sent you a mail, but it was returned to me...I hope your computer isn't >damaged! > >I'm interested in the info that you sent, however! Did your attachment >have the info, or did the virus chew up your text (there was no text, just >the attachment) and form the attachment/virus file? I hope you're alright >and can write again. > >Please send your reply again once you're back to normal! > >Thanks again >Connie > > >==== INGEN Mailing List ==== >Please specify the Indiana county, if known, when posting to the list. > >============================== >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 > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

Thanks for the heads-up, Bobbie Lee. I'm amazed at what people are capable of. Connie ----- Original Message ----- From: Bobbie Lee To: INGEN-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 8:06 AM Subject: Re: [INGEN] Death records There is someone using differnt alias and sending people e-mail : It usually Replies to a Query ---but its only an attachment . (It has a hooker Virus .) I have been sent 3 e-mails this week like it. I "too" have a virus checker and i also tried reply to the sender and like you it was sent back . To others on the list Be warned if you receive an e-mail "with only an attachment." >From: "Connie Bartlett" <connie@metrocast.net> >Reply-To: INGEN-L@rootsweb.com >To: INGEN-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [INGEN] Death records >Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 07:08:12 -0500 > >Thank you all for replying to my request... > >Mr Robert Fender....you sent an attachment that was infected with the >newest big, bad, bug, gen-hooker. Fortunately I have a virus checker and >it detected it before I opened it. > >I sent you a mail, but it was returned to me...I hope your computer isn't >damaged! > >I'm interested in the info that you sent, however! Did your attachment >have the info, or did the virus chew up your text (there was no text, just >the attachment) and form the attachment/virus file? I hope you're alright >and can write again. > >Please send your reply again once you're back to normal! > >Thanks again >Connie > > >==== INGEN Mailing List ==== >Please specify the Indiana county, if known, when posting to the list. > >============================== >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 > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ==== INGEN Mailing List ==== INGENWEB http://www.ingenweb.org ============================== 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

If you check the email address the message is coming from, you'll likely see that the email address begins with an underscore character "_". If you remove that character, by copying and pasting into a new message, the email address will probably work. Tim Singleton, tsingleton@iclub.org Volunteer INGenWeb Coordinator Adams Co. - http://www.rootsweb.com/~inadams Randolph Co. - http://www.rootsweb.com/~inrandol/ > > There is someone using differnt alias and sending people e-mail > : It usually > Replies to a Query ---but its only an attachment . > (It has a hooker Virus .) I have been sent 3 e-mails this week > like it. I > "too" have a virus checker and i also tried reply to the sender > and like you > it was sent back . To others on the list Be warned if you receive an > e-mail "with only an attachment." > ============================== > 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 >