Tried that and they just say that they already know what it is and it can't be fixed. Just delete it. Joyce Barrie >From: "Herbert Barnes" <hbarnes@airmail.net> >Reply-To: PENNA-DUTCH-L@rootsweb.com >To: PENNA-DUTCH-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [PADutch] Virus Alert >Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 13:45:18 -0500 > >Hal, when you quarantine something, then send it to Norton for them to work >with. They will clean the file and return it to you as well as prepare a >virus definition for the culprit. > >Tnx, Herb > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Hal Stitt <hal@deltanet-consultants.com> >To: <PENNA-DUTCH-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 12:25 PM >Subject: [PADutch] Virus Alert > > > > I hate use the list for virus stuff, but Badtrans is still with us. Here >are the details of my reception of an attachment containing Badtrans about >an hour ago. > > > > From: Ralph Tewksbury > > Subject: Re: Re: [PENNA-DUTCH] GRAY surname (Note the double Re:) > > Attachment: README.TXT.pif > > Action: Stored a file named "W32.Badtrans.13312@mm" in my Local Settings >folder. > > > > Infected file was recognized immediately by Norton Antivirus. The >message >did not even appear in my inbox. But Norton was unable to repair it. >Instead >I chose to quarantine it and deleted the infected file. > > > > Important: This had the list name in the Subject line, but it did not >come >through the list. (List Owner please confirm that the listserver will not >distribute attachments.) If you get what looks like a Rootsweb message with >an attachment, you may have a virus attached. We cannot go through life >deleting all attachments, but we certainly can delete attachments on >messages from Rootsweb. Also be 100% suspicious of attachments made to look >like a document (README.TXT) but with an additional executable >extension--pif in this case. > > > > Hal Stitt > > KNAUFF/WALLIS/WALLACE > > > > > > ==== PENNA-DUTCH Mailing List ==== > > You have a friend in Pennsylvania... > > > > > > ============================== > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > >==== PENNA-DUTCH Mailing List ==== >Have you written that story down from your grandmother's childhood? >Do it now so that others may know of her when she is gone. Keep the >PADUTCH traditions alive! > > >============================== >Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp >Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com