After sending the message below, I got an e-mail with the virus attachment from Charlyne and a George T. Hardy. I deleted both and am virus free. Sorry, but both of you need to clean the virus from your computers. It doesn't go to just the people on the list that posts a message but to everyone who sends you an e-mail. To protect others, you should not go on-line or at least don't start your e-mail program until you are virus free. Good luck. Jim > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jpbcsb" <jpbcsb@email.msn.com> > To: <MILLER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 4:46 PM > Subject: [MILLER-L] RE: Virus > > > > Charlene, If people are saying you're sending messages with attachments > to them and you didn't, you have a virus in your computer that was in the > Strickland-L list last week. Everyone that sends a message to this list or > any other that you belong to will get that message from your computer with a > note saying "Take a look to the attachment". Anyone getting this message, > don't panic, but DO NOT open the attachment or you will get the virus. > DELETE it immediately and there will be no problem. Charlene, you need to > stay off-line until you get rid of the virus in your computer. Everyone > that sends you a message will get that back. To everyone else, if you send > a message to this forum, the message from Charlene will come straight to you > and not through the list. The actual attachment has several different > names it goes by, but will have the above note in the message body. The > best way to keep from getting a virus is: > > !. Don't ever open an attachment if it comes from someone you don't > know. And > > 2. Even if the e-mail attachment comes from someone you know, don't open > it unless you are sure it really came from them and not some virus in their > computer. They need to let you know they are going to send it or put a > message in the body of the e-mail where you are sure they meant to send it. > > > > Also, if you don't have a good virus prevention software in your computer, > you better get one and keep it up to date. However, don't trust it > completely as some do not offer protection from virus's sent by e-mail. > > > > When in doubt, DELETE. > > > > Jim > > >

Probably this is off-line but those of you who want to read about the virus Jim was talking about, to see what it does, simply click on Symantec's Norton AV site below, and read or print it out. Ben www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/pf/w32.badtrans.13312@mm.html