I just posted the Trojan virus on the genealogy-dna mailing list as others on that list have Projects too at FTDNA. Many on there are in contact with FTDNA and they also watch the postings on the list. I am sure knowing FTDNA is trying very hard to get the virus out. Hopefully people have been warned to stay away for now until the virus is taken care of. I am sure FTDNA will respond.   Marianne Dillow --- On Tue, 3/3/09, Doris Lewis <weekiwac@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: From: Doris Lewis <weekiwac@tampabay.rr.com> Subject: Re: [LEWIS] Possible computer virus at the LewisProjectDNA site To: lewis@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2009, 8:49 PM Thanks Susan. You may have saved me and I don't have a computer guy. Doris M. Lewis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Burgess" <suekbee@comcast.net> To: <LEWIS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 9:28 PM Subject: [LEWIS] Possible computer virus at the LewisProjectDNA site > Just wanted to let people know my computer got 4 very bad Trojan viruses > when I went to the Lewis Project DNA site. I can't say for sure this > is where the viruses came from but it all happened right after I went to > the site and my virus checker came up with a series of about 6 > warnings. I tried to close the site but it wouldn't let me. I know > that Janet Crain, who manages this site, said she was having computer > problems that I believe involved a virus. The viruses disabled my > internet access and then hung up the three items I had open on my > computer so that nothing would close. It attacked my operating system > and our virus protector couldn't quarantine or delete the four files. > In fact the files couldn't be found on the system but their damage was > done. After we shut the computer down it wouldn't start. When my > husband (my personal tech guy) finally got it to start up he got the > blue screen of death. Yes, we have an up to date anti-virus program and > thankfully he had a back-up of my operating system. It took him 7 hours > of work to fix the computer but are we glad he didn't have to start > everything from scratch. > > I hope the site can be fixed and cleaned. I am now afraid to go there > and we just got our Lewis line DNA done. Bummer!!! > > -- > Susan Kimes Burgess > Fremont, CA > suekbee@comcast.net > http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=burgess_kimes&I11.x=34&I11.y=2 > http://picasaweb.google.com/suekbee > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LEWIS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LEWIS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Just wanted to recommend the following if any are interested.   Avast anti-virus is free and pretty good.   Malewarebytes (do a google, download and scan computer)   Spybot Search and Destroy (do a google)   Everybody has their own way of doing it but that is how I do it.  The three are free and do a pretty good job of keeping you clean.    Good luck   J.Lewis --- On Tue, 3/3/09, marianne dillow <mdillow31@verizon.net> wrote: From: marianne dillow <mdillow31@verizon.net> Subject: Re: [LEWIS] Possible computer virus at the LewisProjectDNA site To: lewis@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2009, 8:55 PM I just posted the Trojan virus on the genealogy-dna mailing list as others on that list have Projects too at FTDNA. Many on there are in contact with FTDNA and they also watch the postings on the list. I am sure knowing FTDNA is trying very hard to get the virus out. Hopefully people have been warned to stay away for now until the virus is taken care of. I am sure FTDNA will respond.   Marianne Dillow --- On Tue, 3/3/09, Doris Lewis <weekiwac@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: From: Doris Lewis <weekiwac@tampabay.rr.com> Subject: Re: [LEWIS] Possible computer virus at the LewisProjectDNA site To: lewis@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2009, 8:49 PM Thanks Susan. You may have saved me and I don't have a computer guy. Doris M. Lewis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Burgess" <suekbee@comcast.net> To: <LEWIS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 9:28 PM Subject: [LEWIS] Possible computer virus at the LewisProjectDNA site > Just wanted to let people know my computer got 4 very bad Trojan viruses > when I went to the Lewis Project DNA site. I can't say for sure this > is where the viruses came from but it all happened right after I went to > the site and my virus checker came up with a series of about 6 > warnings. I tried to close the site but it wouldn't let me. I know > that Janet Crain, who manages this site, said she was having computer > problems that I believe involved a virus. The viruses disabled my > internet access and then hung up the three items I had open on my > computer so that nothing would close. It attacked my operating system > and our virus protector couldn't quarantine or delete the four files. > In fact the files couldn't be found on the system but their damage was > done. After we shut the computer down it wouldn't start. When my > husband (my personal tech guy) finally got it to start up he got the > blue screen of death. Yes, we have an up to date anti-virus program and > thankfully he had a back-up of my operating system. It took him 7 hours > of work to fix the computer but are we glad he didn't have to start > everything from scratch. > > I hope the site can be fixed and cleaned. I am now afraid to go there > and we just got our Lewis line DNA done. Bummer!!! > > -- > Susan Kimes Burgess > Fremont, CA > suekbee@comcast.net > http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=burgess_kimes&I11.x=34&I11.y=2 > http://picasaweb.google.com/suekbee > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LEWIS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LEWIS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LEWIS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message