I am resending this because three people's isp's rejected my last e-mail - probably because I used the word Worm32 in the subject line. They were Jan Craven, J. Feazel, and Mary Margaret S-T. I have run the fix tool, and do not have the virus in my computer, probably because I didn't open any of the attachments as Carolyn did. I can't stress enough - don't open attachments if you don't know the sender, or if you do know the sender, but the body of the message looks strange - like the one below - or if the attachment has an unfamiliar ending, not .txt. or .wpd or .jpg or .gif or the ones you are not used to seeing. You shouldn't get any attachments on this list, because the Rootsweb server rejects them, but apparently the people sending this thing are capable of invading our computers and lifting our addresses out of our e-mail address books and looking at the subject lines on our recent mailings. Just be careful. Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Rice" <aberizn1@gte.net> To: <LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 9:00 AM Subject: Worm32 virus > Just want to warn everyone about a virus that is going around. It is a > Worm32 virus, can do a lot of damage. It always arrives with a different > sender and a different subject, but the same message in the body, which is: > > "Hi! How are you? > > I send you this file in order to have your advice > > See you later. Thanks" > > In the last two weeks I have received about five of them at work, and about > eight of them at home. If I hadn't received all the others, I might have > opened the one I got this morning, because it came from someone on this list > and had the subject "census." I suspect both the address they used and the > subject line came out of my own computer. > > The attached file is what contains the virus, so just delete it and you are > safe. If your virus alert isn't updated, I'd advise you keep it updated. > The attached files on this one are either .pif or something equally obscure > you've probably never heard of. > > We received this on the LAARCHIVE List earlier in the week, so I'm sharing > it with all of you. > > "I opened an e-mail asking for advice and got a virus. It is called > W32.Sircam.Worm@mm > > You can safely remove it with a tool provided at : > http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sircam.worm@mm.html > > Carolyn Avery > West Carroll Parish Archives > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/wcarroll.htm > > East Carroll Parish Archives > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/ecarroll.htm" > > > Karen Mabry Rice, > USGenWeb Archives Coordinator > Union Parish, Lousiana > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm > >