To Dan and Others, I agree with the warning. To be for warned, is to be for armed!! Carol Stewart California ----- Original Message ----- From: W David Samuelsen <dsam@sampubco.com> To: <OREGON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 5:14 PM Subject: Re: [OREGON] List Dad note a new VIRUS ALERT > Robin, > > Obviously you are not as informed as Dan and I are. > > The new mutated viruses of Bad Trans are the worst. Every time > a subscriber is caught off guard, GUESS WHO get the bounces? > > Dan and I do. Dan is admin of this list and a few others and I am > admin of other lists, especially European lists. > > The virus responds to xxx-admin@rootsweb.com - EVERY one of such > messages are automatically bounced to the listowners/Admins. > > The Listowners have at their own discretion decide to take harsh > action or not. It's clear Dan got too many of those virus-laden > messages and he has to take action, including issuing direct orders > to his subscribers. > > Ditto for me when I get from my lists. > > W. David Samuelsen > > Robin Helman wrote: > > > > ALL the genealogy lists have become virus warning lists! Can we please get > > them back to genealogy?????? Virus warnings were very very seldom seen on > > the genealogy lists, until lately, and now that is about all the traffic is. > > > > Enough already! > > > > Robin > > > > At 12:28 PM 12/4/01 -0800, Dan M wrote: > > >While we are still dealing with the new virus Badtrans , we have another new > > >on to deal with now. > > >============ > > >VIRUS ALERT > > > > > >There is a new and dangerous virus in circulation with the key details as > > >follows: > > > > > >The essential details are as follows: > > > > > >· Virus name: Goner > > >· Official name: W32/Goner.A-mm > > >· Number of copies seen so far: over 16,000 > > >· Time & Date first Captured: 4 Dec 2001 10:49 GMT > > >· Origin of first intercepted copy: United States > > >· Number of countries seen active: 17 > > >· Top three most active countries: US, UK, France > > > > > >No MessageLabs customer has been affected by this virus. > > > > > >Description: > > > > > >The virus creates emails with the following characteristics. > > > > > >Subject: Hi > > > > > >Text: > > > How are you ? > > > When I saw this screen saver, I immediately thought about you > > > I am in a harry, I promise you will love it! > > > > > >Attachment: gone.scr > > > > > >Size: 38912 > > > > > >Detection: > > > > > >The virus was detected pro-actively by Skeptic, MessageLabs proprietary > > >heuristics technology for detecting new outbreaks. Traditional anti-virus > > >software will need to download a new patch before it can identify and stop > > >this virus. > > > > > >Payload: > > > > > >The virus attempts to disable any anti-virus software running locally. > > >Further analysis is on-going. > > > > > >Distribution Rate: > > > > > >This is one of the fastest spreading viruses MessageLabs has ever seen and > > >we are currently stopping over 100 copies every minute. > > > > > >World Spread > > > > > >Earlier figures show that as at 16:00 GMT, the county-by-country information > > >for those samples where country information was available was as follows: > > > > > >Time First Seen Country Copies > > >--------------- ------- ------ > > >2001-12-04 10:49 US 43 > > >2001-12-04 10:58 GB 49 > > >2001-12-04 11:55 FR 10 > > >2001-12-04 13:02 DE 1 > > >2001-12-04 13:30 NL 7 > > >2001-12-04 13:34 CH 33 > > >2001-12-04 14:08 AR 2 > > > > > >Please visit www.messagelabs.com for further information regarding this > > >virus. > > > > > >Regards > > > > > >MessageLabs > > > > > > > > >MessageLabs is a Managed Service Provider (MSP) specialising in > > >Internet-level e-mail content filtering. Our revolutionary SkyScan portfolio > > >of services enables customers to be protected from threats such as viruses > > >and unsolicited mail, before they come anywhere near the network boundaries. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >==== OREGON Mailing List ==== > > > Welcome to the OREGON LIST > > >To Search the OREGON-L or leave the lists use this link to the Oregon-L > > >web site http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OR/misc.html > > > > > >============================== > > >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== OREGON Mailing List ==== > > Welcome to the OREGON LIST > > To Search the OREGON-L or leave the lists use this link to the Oregon-L > > web site http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OR/misc.html > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > > Source for Family History Online. 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On the subject of virus's and genealogy. This is a good reminder that we should all back up our files onto a floppy or CD disk often so all the hard work is not lost! Just my two cents worth. -----Original Message----- From: OREGON-L-request@rootsweb.com [mailto:OREGON-L-request@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Carol Stewart Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 6:02 PM To: OREGON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OREGON] List Dad note a new VIRUS ALERT To Dan and Others, I agree with the warning. To be for warned, is to be for armed!! Carol Stewart California ----- Original Message ----- From: W David Samuelsen <dsam@sampubco.com> To: <OREGON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 5:14 PM Subject: Re: [OREGON] List Dad note a new VIRUS ALERT > Robin, > > Obviously you are not as informed as Dan and I are. > > The new mutated viruses of Bad Trans are the worst. Every time > a subscriber is caught off guard, GUESS WHO get the bounces? > > Dan and I do. Dan is admin of this list and a few others and I am > admin of other lists, especially European lists. > > The virus responds to xxx-admin@rootsweb.com - EVERY one of such > messages are automatically bounced to the listowners/Admins. > > The Listowners have at their own discretion decide to take harsh > action or not. It's clear Dan got too many of those virus-laden > messages and he has to take action, including issuing direct orders > to his subscribers. > > Ditto for me when I get from my lists. > > W. David Samuelsen > > Robin Helman wrote: > > > > ALL the genealogy lists have become virus warning lists! Can we please get > > them back to genealogy?????? Virus warnings were very very seldom seen on > > the genealogy lists, until lately, and now that is about all the traffic is. > > > > Enough already! > > > > Robin > > > > At 12:28 PM 12/4/01 -0800, Dan M wrote: > > >While we are still dealing with the new virus Badtrans , we have another new > > >on to deal with now. > > >============ > > >VIRUS ALERT > > > > > >There is a new and dangerous virus in circulation with the key details as > > >follows: > > > > > >The essential details are as follows: > > > > > >· Virus name: Goner > > >· Official name: W32/Goner.A-mm > > >· Number of copies seen so far: over 16,000 > > >· Time & Date first Captured: 4 Dec 2001 10:49 GMT > > >· Origin of first intercepted copy: United States > > >· Number of countries seen active: 17 > > >· Top three most active countries: US, UK, France > > > > > >No MessageLabs customer has been affected by this virus. > > > > > >Description: > > > > > >The virus creates emails with the following characteristics. > > > > > >Subject: Hi > > > > > >Text: > > > How are you ? > > > When I saw this screen saver, I immediately thought about you > > > I am in a harry, I promise you will love it! > > > > > >Attachment: gone.scr > > > > > >Size: 38912 > > > > > >Detection: > > > > > >The virus was detected pro-actively by Skeptic, MessageLabs proprietary > > >heuristics technology for detecting new outbreaks. Traditional anti-virus > > >software will need to download a new patch before it can identify and stop > > >this virus. > > > > > >Payload: > > > > > >The virus attempts to disable any anti-virus software running locally. > > >Further analysis is on-going. > > > > > >Distribution Rate: > > > > > >This is one of the fastest spreading viruses MessageLabs has ever seen and > > >we are currently stopping over 100 copies every minute. > > > > > >World Spread > > > > > >Earlier figures show that as at 16:00 GMT, the county-by-country information > > >for those samples where country information was available was as follows: > > > > > >Time First Seen Country Copies > > >--------------- ------- ------ > > >2001-12-04 10:49 US 43 > > >2001-12-04 10:58 GB 49 > > >2001-12-04 11:55 FR 10 > > >2001-12-04 13:02 DE 1 > > >2001-12-04 13:30 NL 7 > > >2001-12-04 13:34 CH 33 > > >2001-12-04 14:08 AR 2 > > > > > >Please visit www.messagelabs.com for further information regarding this > > >virus. > > > > > >Regards > > > > > >MessageLabs > > > > > > > > >MessageLabs is a Managed Service Provider (MSP) specialising in > > >Internet-level e-mail content filtering. Our revolutionary SkyScan portfolio > > >of services enables customers to be protected from threats such as viruses > > >and unsolicited mail, before they come anywhere near the network boundaries. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >==== OREGON Mailing List ==== > > > Welcome to the OREGON LIST > > >To Search the OREGON-L or leave the lists use this link to the Oregon-L > > >web site http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OR/misc.html > > > > > >============================== > > >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== OREGON Mailing List ==== > > Welcome to the OREGON LIST > > To Search the OREGON-L or leave the lists use this link to the Oregon-L > > web site http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OR/misc.html > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > > > ==== OREGON Mailing List ==== > Welcome to the OREGON LIST > To Search the OREGON-L or leave the lists use this link to the Oregon-L > web site http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OR/misc.html > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > ==== OREGON Mailing List ==== Welcome to the OREGON LIST To Search the OREGON-L or leave the lists use this link to the Oregon-L web site http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OR/misc.html ============================== Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp