Thank you Cindy for sticking up for me, I didn't even realize I had the bug till it had sent out hundreds of attachments, it really made me feel bad. It came from a friend that I was used to getting attachments from, and of course she got hers the same way. We couldn't clean our comp. ourselves, it was so badly infected so it cost us with a repair bill to our comp.man. Just got it back night before last, and have been trying to go through all the mail and explain to everybody. Some people got down right nasty. Thanks, Jackie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Owens" <cindyo@va.prestige.net> To: <OHHURON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 9:06 PM Subject: Re: [OHHURON-L] Virus'es attached to Huron Inquiry > I'm afraid I still have to stick up for Paul. If he has a virus he's really > not able to reply until he gets rid of it. Believe me I spent all evening > after work dealing w/ this thing! The virus lays dormant for a while, abt 24 > hours. It then replies to ANY email you read, you don't need to even reply. > In fact unless you have an updated virus scanner you don't even have to > "open" the attachment. you will double-click on it & it will say it can't > open. However that too is part of the virus, actually it did open & has > launched itself! It sent itself out to people that were not in my address > book. I know this is hard to understand & believe but that's why virus' are > so awful! When I finally updated Norton Utilities it found I had 3 infected > files, 2 were messages that appeared to be replies to a Huron co., OH query. > It looked like a real reply , you can tell it's the virus b/c at the end of > quoting your own message it says: take a look to the attachment". > > Rootsweb has a filter so the virus can't go to the list, but it can go to > individuals. I'm sorry to take up so much space w/ this but felt I needed > to let everyone know what's going on. As per my previous message this is a > virus that started in New Zealand, no one is now spreading it on purpose. > Cindy > > Cindy Torres Owens > cindyo@va.prestige.net > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/o/w/e/Cindy-L-Owens/index.html > > > ==== OHHURON Mailing List ==== > Join and support RootsWeb, home of the Huron County, Ohio list and many other genealogy lists and resources - go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/ > > >

Jackie, Would you tell me if you got that virus from an attachment ? A good Anti-virus program is very helpful and saves money in the long run. It will prevent any infected attachment from coming into your mail box, and quarentine it. ( as long as you keep updating the virus definitions with it). You are not the first innocent person to send along a virus, so don't feel too bad about it. And thanks for not sending anything out until you got it fixed. Hugs to you, Mary in Tx. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie" <grayston@comteck.com> To: <OHHURON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 1:03 PM Subject: Re: [OHHURON-L] Virus'es attached to Huron Inquiry > Thank you Cindy for sticking up for me, I didn't even realize I had the bug > till it had sent out hundreds of attachments, it really made me feel bad. > It came from a friend that I was used to getting attachments from, and of > course she got hers the same way. We couldn't clean our comp. ourselves, > it was so badly infected so it cost us with a repair bill to our comp.man. > Just got it back night before last, and have been trying to go through all > the mail and explain to everybody. Some people got down right nasty. > > Thanks, Jackie > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cindy Owens" <cindyo@va.prestige.net> > To: <OHHURON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 9:06 PM > Subject: Re: [OHHURON-L] Virus'es attached to Huron Inquiry > > > > I'm afraid I still have to stick up for Paul. If he has a virus he's > really > > not able to reply until he gets rid of it. Believe me I spent all evening > > after work dealing w/ this thing! The virus lays dormant for a while, abt > 24 > > hours. It then replies to ANY email you read, you don't need to even > reply. > > In fact unless you have an updated virus scanner you don't even have to > > "open" the attachment. you will double-click on it & it will say it can't > > open. However that too is part of the virus, actually it did open & has > > launched itself! It sent itself out to people that were not in my address > > book. I know this is hard to understand & believe but that's why virus' > are > > so awful! When I finally updated Norton Utilities it found I had 3 > infected > > files, 2 were messages that appeared to be replies to a Huron co., OH > query. > > It looked like a real reply , you can tell it's the virus b/c at the end > of > > quoting your own message it says: take a look to the attachment". > > > > Rootsweb has a filter so the virus can't go to the list, but it can go to > > individuals. I'm sorry to take up so much space w/ this but felt I needed > > to let everyone know what's going on. As per my previous message this is > a > > virus that started in New Zealand, no one is now spreading it on purpose. > > Cindy > > > > Cindy Torres Owens > > cindyo@va.prestige.net > > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/o/w/e/Cindy-L-Owens/index.html > > > > > > ==== OHHURON Mailing List ==== > > Join and support RootsWeb, home of the Huron County, Ohio list and many > other genealogy lists and resources - go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > > > > ==== OHHURON Mailing List ==== > You want to see what other mail lists are available? Go to: > http://members.aol.com/johnf14246/gen_mail.html > > >

Hi Mary, yes I got it from an attachment, I have a friend in Ohio that often redoes some of the things I send her, and I thought that was what she had done. I had a Norton Virus program, that was about a year old, but it didn't pick up this new virus, I now have Norton Systemworks 2001. Sure hope it does the job. We've had a computer for about 7yrs. and this was the first bug we've ever picked up. My husband or son usually ran the scan about once a week. Thanks for your kind letter you really sound like a nice person, Jackie in Indiana ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Bickford" <kanemj@pyramid3.net> To: <OHHURON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 4:34 PM Subject: Re: [OHHURON-L] Virus'es attached to Huron Inquiry > Jackie, > Would you tell me if you got that virus from an attachment ? A good Anti-virus program is very helpful and saves money in the long run. It will prevent any infected attachment from coming into your mail box, and quarentine it. ( as long as you keep updating the virus definitions with it). > You are not the first innocent person to send along a virus, so don't feel too bad about it. And thanks for not sending anything out until you got it fixed. > Hugs to you, > Mary in Tx. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jackie" <grayston@comteck.com> > To: <OHHURON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 1:03 PM > Subject: Re: [OHHURON-L] Virus'es attached to Huron Inquiry > > > > Thank you Cindy for sticking up for me, I didn't even realize I had the bug > > till it had sent out hundreds of attachments, it really made me feel bad. > > It came from a friend that I was used to getting attachments from, and of > > course she got hers the same way. We couldn't clean our comp. ourselves, > > it was so badly infected so it cost us with a repair bill to our comp.man. > > Just got it back night before last, and have been trying to go through all > > the mail and explain to everybody. Some people got down right nasty. > > > > Thanks, Jackie > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Cindy Owens" <cindyo@va.prestige.net> > > To: <OHHURON-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 9:06 PM > > Subject: Re: [OHHURON-L] Virus'es attached to Huron Inquiry > > > > > > > I'm afraid I still have to stick up for Paul. If he has a virus he's > > really > > > not able to reply until he gets rid of it. Believe me I spent all evening > > > after work dealing w/ this thing! The virus lays dormant for a while, abt > > 24 > > > hours. It then replies to ANY email you read, you don't need to even > > reply. > > > In fact unless you have an updated virus scanner you don't even have to > > > "open" the attachment. you will double-click on it & it will say it can't > > > open. However that too is part of the virus, actually it did open & has > > > launched itself! It sent itself out to people that were not in my address > > > book. I know this is hard to understand & believe but that's why virus' > > are > > > so awful! When I finally updated Norton Utilities it found I had 3 > > infected > > > files, 2 were messages that appeared to be replies to a Huron co., OH > > query. > > > It looked like a real reply , you can tell it's the virus b/c at the end > > of > > > quoting your own message it says: take a look to the attachment". > > > > > > Rootsweb has a filter so the virus can't go to the list, but it can go to > > > individuals. I'm sorry to take up so much space w/ this but felt I needed > > > to let everyone know what's going on. As per my previous message this is > > a > > > virus that started in New Zealand, no one is now spreading it on purpose. > > > Cindy > > > > > > Cindy Torres Owens > > > cindyo@va.prestige.net > > > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/o/w/e/Cindy-L-Owens/index.html > > > > > > > > > ==== OHHURON Mailing List ==== > > > Join and support RootsWeb, home of the Huron County, Ohio list and many > > other genealogy lists and resources - go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== OHHURON Mailing List ==== > > You want to see what other mail lists are available? Go to: > > http://members.aol.com/johnf14246/gen_mail.html > > > > > > > > > ==== OHHURON Mailing List ==== > Join and support RootsWeb, home of the Huron County, Ohio list and many other genealogy lists and resources - go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/ > > >

Hi Jackie, I love my Norton Anti-virus !! I make sure I do the updates about once a week or at least every other week, to keep up on the new viruses that keep cropping up. Thanks for your kind reply. I've only had a computer for about 3 years, and did once get a bug, called my nephew and he came right over and got rid of it for me. What a nice relative, but then it cost me a few dozen homemade chocolate chip cookies. Very good Bartering. I hope all virusus have to come in an attachment. At least we can keep an eye out for them that way. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie" <grayston@comteck.com> To: <OHHURON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 10:08 AM Subject: Re: [OHHURON-L] Virus'es attached to Huron Inquiry > Hi Mary, yes I got it from an attachment, I have a friend in Ohio that often > redoes some of the things I send her, and I thought that was what she had > done. I had a Norton Virus program, that was about a year old, but it > didn't pick up this new virus, I now have Norton Systemworks 2001. Sure > hope it does the job. We've had a computer for about 7yrs. and this was the > first bug we've ever picked up. My husband or son usually ran the scan > about once a week. > Thanks for your kind letter > you really sound like a nice person, > Jackie in Indiana > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mary Bickford" <kanemj@pyramid3.net> > To: <OHHURON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 4:34 PM > Subject: Re: [OHHURON-L] Virus'es attached to Huron Inquiry > > > > Jackie, > > Would you tell me if you got that virus from an attachment ? A good > Anti-virus program is very helpful and saves money in the long run. It will > prevent any infected attachment from coming into your mail box, and > quarentine it. ( as long as you keep updating the virus definitions with > it). > > You are not the first innocent person to send along a virus, so don't feel > too bad about it. And thanks for not sending anything out until you got it > fixed. > > Hugs to you, > > Mary in Tx. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jackie" <grayston@comteck.com> > > To: <OHHURON-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 1:03 PM > > Subject: Re: [OHHURON-L] Virus'es attached to Huron Inquiry > > > > > > > Thank you Cindy for sticking up for me, I didn't even realize I had the > bug > > > till it had sent out hundreds of attachments, it really made me feel > bad. > > > It came from a friend that I was used to getting attachments from, and > of > > > course she got hers the same way. We couldn't clean our comp. > ourselves, > > > it was so badly infected so it cost us with a repair bill to our > comp.man. > > > Just got it back night before last, and have been trying to go through > all > > > the mail and explain to everybody. Some people got down right nasty. > > > > > > Thanks, Jackie > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Cindy Owens" <cindyo@va.prestige.net> > > > To: <OHHURON-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 9:06 PM > > > Subject: Re: [OHHURON-L] Virus'es attached to Huron Inquiry > > > > > > > > > > I'm afraid I still have to stick up for Paul. If he has a virus he's > > > really > > > > not able to reply until he gets rid of it. Believe me I spent all > evening > > > > after work dealing w/ this thing! The virus lays dormant for a while, > abt > > > 24 > > > > hours. It then replies to ANY email you read, you don't need to even > > > reply. > > > > In fact unless you have an updated virus scanner you don't even have > to > > > > "open" the attachment. you will double-click on it & it will say it > can't > > > > open. However that too is part of the virus, actually it did open & > has > > > > launched itself! It sent itself out to people that were not in my > address > > > > book. I know this is hard to understand & believe but that's why > virus' > > > are > > > > so awful! When I finally updated Norton Utilities it found I had 3 > > > infected > > > > files, 2 were messages that appeared to be replies to a Huron co., OH > > > query. > > > > It looked like a real reply , you can tell it's the virus b/c at the > end > > > of > > > > quoting your own message it says: take a look to the attachment". > > > > > > > > Rootsweb has a filter so the virus can't go to the list, but it can go > to > > > > individuals. I'm sorry to take up so much space w/ this but felt I > needed > > > > to let everyone know what's going on. As per my previous message this > is > > > a > > > > virus that started in New Zealand, no one is now spreading it on > purpose. > > > > Cindy > > > > > > > > Cindy Torres Owens > > > > cindyo@va.prestige.net > > > > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/o/w/e/Cindy-L-Owens/index.html > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== OHHURON Mailing List ==== > > > > Join and support RootsWeb, home of the Huron County, Ohio list and > many > > > other genealogy lists and resources - go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== OHHURON Mailing List ==== > > > You want to see what other mail lists are available? 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