Thanks for the message about the virus. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug and Joyce Severt" <djsevert@ionet.net> To: <NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 10:35 AM Subject: [NCBLADEN-L] Virus Attachment sent by Patsy Collins > Hello to members of all these newsgroups, > > I just received an e-mail message from a Patsy Collins (copy of message > MINUS attachment appears below) and knew immediately that something was > wrong as it had a double file extension. I saved the message to a > floppy disk and scanned it with Norton and sure enough, the file is > actually W32.Badtrans.13312@mm which is definitely a virus that has been > circulating. Here is the way the message looks: > > Subject: Re: Sims family in Alabama (Lowndes and Pike, > eventually) > Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 11:48:23 -0500 (CDT) > From: "Patsy Collins" <patsycollins@surfglobal.net> > To: <djsevert@ionet.net> > > > 'Doug and Joyce Severt' wrote: > ==== > - Good Morning Colleen, and all the other Sims' who posted > - > - Our Sims list should be active for quite some time while all of us > with > - Alabama Sims connections repost to answer your question. That's good > - though; it never hurts to put our information out again. I have 2 > Sims > - (maternal as well as paternal) lines that I'm researching in Alabama. > - My maternal line begins with Waller Sims who married Mary Bradley in > the > - mid 1810's and settled as a farmer in ...' > > > > Take a look to the attachment. > > Notice that the message is from Patsy Collins and it is said that Doug > and Joyce Severt wrote and the next name is Colleen. I am Joyce Severt > and I do in fact research the Sims family, but I have never heard of or > communicated with EITHER a Patsy Collins or a Colleen through any > newsgroup or personal e-mail. A word to the wise to anyone who reads > this, NEVER, ABSOLUTELY Never open a file with a double file extension. > Save anything you suspect to a floppy and use your virus program to > check it for viruses. What a pity that otherwise talented people resort > to this type of activity to get their jollies. I find them to be > despicable! > > Sincerely, > > Joyce Sims Severt > > > > -- > "Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." > > Visit our home page at: http://www.ionet.net/~djsevert > Or > The Annex: http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/2746 > > >