I thought I was immune because I use Netscape, but I got one of these "look to the attachment" things from: "Linda S. Tilley" <lstilley@dca.net> Angela, or your fill-in, is this a list member? I wish to emphasize that IT DID NOT COME THROUGH THE LIST. Although it apparently was in answer to a comment I made regarding Rootsweb, IT WAS SENT DIRECTLY TO ME. And my Norton gave me no alert. I have e-mailed her, but no reply. Thanks to Jerry Dittman, I did not open it. Hope I'm just being paranoid. - Leah, in Texas . DittDad@aol.com wrote: > To the list. > > In tonight mail there were 3 messages in reply to messages > I had sent. All three were from the same sender and all > 3 contained the tell tale identification of a virus. > > The sender was listed as: > grayston@comteck.com (Paul Thomas) > > The tell tale identification is a line added after the message > that the reply is to and the line reads: > "Take a look to the attachment" > > Should you receive a message with this line delete it > immediately and under no circumstances open it. > The virus sends replies to the messages that you receive > and add the tell tale line and the attachment which contains > the virus. > > Jerry Dittman > Boonsboro, MD > > ==== OHPERRY Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from OHPERRY-L, send mail to OHPERRY-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word unsubscribe in the message subject and body. To leave OHPERRY-D, do the same thing with OHPERRY-D-request@rootsweb.com.

Hi List -- I'm your "Fill-in" Moderator while Angela is moving. Unfortunately, to answer Leah's question, I don't have a copy of the list members. Yes, the virus is still upon us. I myself had it. We just can't emphasize enough about being very careful in opening questionable attachments that arrive in e-mail messages. With the "Bad Trans" virus, once you try opening the attachment (which, with this virus can carry many different names), the virus attempts to reply to all UNREAD messages in your mailbox and passes on the infected attachment. I'm not familiar with all virus scanning software, but some may not alert you until you unless you try opening the attachment. OK -- enough virus information for today. Let's get back to some good old genealogy discussions! If you have any other concerns about viruses, please e-mail me privately and not to the list. I'd be glad to assist those that have further questions or concerns. Thanks!! Brenda Van Dyke "Fill-in" List Moderator, Perry Co, OH bjvd@greenapple.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leah Raney" <leahnell@centurytel.net> To: <OHPERRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 11:46 AM Subject: [OHPERRY] THAT VIRUS IS STILL WITH US > I thought I was immune because I use Netscape, but I got one of these "look to the attachment" things from: > > "Linda S. Tilley" <lstilley@dca.net> > > Angela, or your fill-in, is this a list member? > > I wish to emphasize that IT DID NOT COME THROUGH THE LIST. Although it apparently was in answer to a comment I made regarding Rootsweb, IT WAS SENT DIRECTLY TO ME. And my Norton gave me no alert. > > I have e-mailed her, but no reply. Thanks to Jerry Dittman, I did not open it. Hope I'm just being paranoid. - Leah, in Texas . >