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    1. [NEVILLE-L] Virus Warning from List Manager
    2. Archives Guy
    3. Take note. There is a bad virus going around the last couple of weeks. It has showed up with people on the HARRIS-VA List that I manage and now people on the NEVILLE-L and NEVILLE-ORIGINS List have gotten these virus messages from a person who is a subscriber. It is called the Badtrans2 or W32/Badtrans-B worm and is spreading quickly. Please update your Antivirus software and do not open any attachments. The virus captures a person's address book and mails a message "Re" with no title and sends an attachment or else it sends a message "Re" with a valid subject line. And if you hit reply to the message and try to send it back to the originator, the address is bad as an underscore is added before the person's normal e-mail address. Some of these messages can be tricky, as they may have a valid subject line & even have Re: [Harris-VA]; Re: [Neville-Origins]; or Re: [Neville-L] in the subject which would make one think it was sent through the Rootsweb list, but it was not. You can't get a virus from a message that is routed through the Rootsweb surname lists. The Rootsweb lists don't accept attachments. These are coming from private individuals who happen to have your listed in their address book. So be cautious, and don't open any e-mails that have attachments unless you are sure of the source & you know it is safe. If you have no Anti-virus software you may download for free at these sites: www.grisoft.com Scan on line or down load free for 30 days: www.antivirus.com Stay safe! Glenn Gohr (list manager) archives_guy@hotmail.com

    11/28/2001 03:02:54