> [Original Message] > From: LISTOWNER <georgedurman@home.com> > To: <CFT-WIN-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 11/26/01 3:16:40 PM > Subject: [CFTW] Snow White Virus & W32/BadTrans@MM Virus > > Will everyone on these Lists please check your computer for viruses. > Someone has started another round of the Snow White Virus and it is > impossible to tell from whom it was sent, other than the emails I > received came from someone using "@worldnet.att.net". > > PLEASE, I ask everyone again -- if you don't have an Anti-Virus > program, GET ONE; if you have one by have not kept it up to date > with the latest data files, UPDATE NOW; and if you have one and > it's up to date, CONFIGURE IT PROPERLY to catch email and > attachments that contain infections. > > Also, there is a new deadly strain of the W32/BadTrans@MM virus > making its rounds. It was rewritten by some miscreant and doesn't > even show up in your email as an attachment! It arrives in email that > has nothing in the body; since this virus uses email from you sitting > on someone's computer, it will show a subject of something you have > sent previously -- DO NOT BE FOOLED INTO OPENING IT! > > With the W32/BadTrans@MM virus, the From: address shows the > true address of the infected person, but a "_" (underscore) is placed > in front of the name. So, look from email from addresses with this > underscore as the first character. Don't OPEN such emails; delete > them immediately! > > I normally don't like to see virus warnings on these Lists, but these > new attacks are so dangerous I feel everyone needs to be advised. > > Regards, > SgtGeorge > George W. Durman > Listowner > > > ==== CFT-WIN Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from CFT-WIN, send an e-mail message to: > CFT-WIN-L-request@rootsweb.com (for individual messages) > CFT-WIN-D-request@rootsweb.com (for Digest mode) > Subject: unsubscribe > In the body include only one word: unsubscribe > (Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command) > > ============================== > 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 --- Craig Bathurst - member of the Sons of the American Revolution ---email: tombstonereader@earthlink.net --- EarthLink: It's your Internet.