>I feel terrible. Apparently I picked up that virus "Badtrans" late >yesterday, and it started sending out to the unread emails, spreading it to >whomever opened the attachment. It may have hit some of our people. > >Apparently this thing, the virus, gets thru some of the walls of protection >to the mail lists. Annette: Relax, no one sent you a virus via a Rootsweb list, and you did not send anyone on the list a virus; however, it may have gone to all on your e-mail directory. One technique to prevent sending to all is to get rid of Microsoft Outlook, as it is a target of lots of virus writers, and use something not so common, but good, such as Eudora. It has a free version. the best protection is a good virus software, there are many; (1) set the software to scan automatically all incoming documents, (2) and update it monthly, and (3) back up your files (keep backup in different building). don't let the creepy virus writers get you down! j John F. O'Hanlon O'Hanlon Consulting "There is Nothing to Vacuum" 4060 W. Camino Nuestro Tucson, AZ 85745-9277 Phone: 520-743-1854

May I suggest InoculateIt, by Computer Associates Internation. A free personal copy, with no charge for automatic updates, is available at: http://www.cai.com Updates are published about every three days, on the average. Rick Yount ----- Original Message ----- From: "John O'Hanlon" <vacuum@dakotacom.net> To: <MSNOXUBE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 6:42 PM Subject: [MSNOXUBE] Re: MSNOXUBE-D Digest V01 #40 > >I feel terrible. Apparently I picked up that virus "Badtrans" late > >yesterday, and it started sending out to the unread emails, spreading it to > >whomever opened the attachment. It may have hit some of our people. > > > >Apparently this thing, the virus, gets thru some of the walls of protection > >to the mail lists. > > Annette: > > Relax, no one sent you a virus via a Rootsweb list, and you did not send > anyone on the list a virus; however, it may have gone to all on your e-mail > directory. One technique to prevent sending to all is to get rid of > Microsoft Outlook, as it is a target of lots of virus writers, and use > something not so common, but good, such as Eudora. It has a free version. > > the best protection is a good virus software, there are many; (1) set the > software to scan automatically all incoming documents, (2) and update it > monthly, and (3) back up your files (keep backup in different building). > > don't let the creepy virus writers get you down! > > j > > > John F. O'Hanlon > O'Hanlon Consulting "There is Nothing to Vacuum" > 4060 W. Camino Nuestro > Tucson, AZ 85745-9277 Phone: 520-743-1854 > > ______________________________