Hi Bob and other Listers: I just checked on http://www.mcafee.com and discovered that there IS a virus called "Panther." The e-mail that I received, and assume you all received, has an attachment called "panthr.exe." DO NOT CLICK ON THE FILE CALLED BY THAT NAME! The information concerning it on McAfee's site says the following: Virus Name W97M/Panther Date Added 10/24/99 Virus Characteristics This virus propagates by infecting Word documents in Microsoft Word 97 and 2000 and Word's normal.dot file. This virus consists of a module called ThisDocument. It is able to replicate under the SR-1 release of Word 97. It will turn off the macro warning feature of Word 97. Indications Of Infection None. This virus has no payload and no interesting features. Method Of Infection Not Available... Discovery Date: 10/14/99 Type: Macro Prevalence: medium Variants Unknown Aliases Panther BE CAREFUL!!!!!!!!! Ed Durbin Bob Strock wrote: > > Your right Ed no one should open an attached file from "what looks like Rootsweb" > Rootsweb knows about the problem and the files are not coming from Rootsweb. I almost > bit. Don't seem to have a problem but everyone should just delete the message without > opening the attachment. > > Bob Strock > > Ed Durbin wrote: > > > > I was surprised to see that this list allows posts containing > > attachments. I'm afraid that I had to delete the e-mail without opening > > the attachment because of the very delicate situation that exists with > > the spread of computer viruses. > > > > I'd like to hear some feedback on this matter. I don't see a > > subscriber's name attached to the e-mail. Did it come directly from the > > site that it is promoting? If so, the site manager should be told that > > they cannot advertise their site in such a manner via a mass mailing to > > list members. > > > > Just being cautious and not intending to be complaining. > > > > Cordially, > > > > Ed Durbin (Researching DURBIN name in Holmes County) > > -- > Bob & Esther Strock, Dalton, OH. On the edge of Amish Country. Researching family > history in Holmes, Medina, Stark, Summit, Wood, Wayne and other Counties of Ohio. > Sponsor member of Rootsweb and listowner of Strock-L and Uhl-L message lists. > GenConnect Family Association boards: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Strock > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Uhl