Folks, The worm virus W32.Badtrans.13312@mm was just discovered April 11th of this year. If you have not updated your anti-virus definitions since then, you need to do so. What this bad boy does is reply to all unread emails in your email message folders, and passes on the infecting virus in attachments called any of the following: Pics.ZIP.scr images.pif README.TXT.pif New_Napster_Site.DOC.scr news_doc.scr hamster.ZIP.scr YOU_are_FAT!.TXT.pif searchURL.scr SETUP.pif Card.pif Me_nude.AVI.pif Sorry_about_yesterday.DOC.pif s3msong.MP3.pif docs.scr Humor.TXT.pif fun.pif If you have tried to open any of these attachments, you are infected and must "disinfect" your system. If you are not comfortable handling this yourself, contact your computer support person right away. Since the worm only responds to unread mail, after waiting 5 minutes, until you are "cured," quickly open or mark all your currently unread mail as having been read. If you have no unread mail, the worm cannot send out any messages. (Note: This is not a fix. It is only a work around to protect all the folks who contact you by email.) If you receive an email with this attachment, DO NOT OPEN IT. However, please advise the sender that they are infected. Instructions about what to do can be found at: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.badtrans.13312@mm.html Remember: The key is UNREAD messages. It can appear that you are receiving the message from the list, if the worm is replying to an unread list message. Since no attachements can be posted to the list, thankfully everyone on the list will not receive the worm carrying emails. However, list members are vulnerable, if another list member, who is infected, leaves leaves unread list messages in their message folders. Consequently, I believe it is important to warn you about this worm virus. As always, I request that we not discuss the situation on the list. If you have any questions, please contact me directly. Be sure to notify anyone from whom you have received the attachments named above. That is the only way they can know they are infected. -- Carol Askey Maryland USGenWeb Coordinator Allegany & Prince George's County MDGenWeb Coordinator Maryland Sites USGenWeb Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdgenweb/ Archives: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/md/mdfiles.htm Allegany County Sites USGenWeb Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdallegh/ Archives: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/md/allegany/ PG County Sites USGenWeb Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdpgeorg/ Archives: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/md/pgeorge/