The new variant of the Badtrans virus continues to be widespread. Messages containing it come in two forms, one with no subject line and the other appearing to be a response to a previously posted message. To cut down on at least some transmission by the latter route, I am instituting a new policy today. Any subscriber of NCROOTS-L who appears to be transmitting this virus will be moved to "digest-mode" subscription status. Attempts by the infected computer to reply to such messages will just end up in my mailbox as errors, and will not spread to other users. I will also send the infected subscriber an alert message and information on how to remove the virus. Again, if anyone receives a suspicious e-mail message, containing an attachment with the extensions .scr or .pif, and having an underscore (_) preceding the sender's e-mail address, please let me know. You can forward the whole message to me if you like; I use a Macintosh and I won't be infected. Thanks again for your help! Let's get back to North Carolina genealogy now. Elizabeth Harris NCGenWeb project: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgenweb/ Winston-Salem NC area genealogy: http://users.erols.com/fmoran/