In a message dated 5/20/2001 5:36:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jgmott@wcoil.com writes: > If the list is through Rootsweb such as this one, the virus is not coming > from the list. Any list that has a "Rootsweb" is safe and is filtered for > virus. That does not mean that one can sneak through, but it has never > happened yet(that I know of) and I have been on many Rootsweb lists for 5 > years. > >From what I have seen, the virus is not coming through the list -- not directly. What seems to be happening is that, unfortunately, people on these various lists are getting the virus. When we send messages to the lists, and the person with the infected computer reads the email from the lists, the virus sends itself to the sender, thereby bypassing Rootsweb. We just all need to be careful in downloads, even if it is from someone you know. The person you know could have inadvertently downloaded this sneaky virus. If you receive an attachment, before downloading, take a little extra time and contact the sender to see what the contents of the attachment is. I have had the virus come through to me with very legitimate file names; but I was not expecting any attachments from anyone and I took that one little precaution and managed to -- so far -- stay virus free. Dot