The powers that be were watching over me. Had my brother over to install and help me get acquainted with a new scanner. Thought I had an anti-virus program installed already....I'm "computer ignorant". He had me purchase Norton's 5.0. I was watching it scan and up popped 5 files with two viruses. Two it fixed automatically, the happy 99 ....I had to call a tech and he helped me get rid of it. Fortunately I had only picked it up TWO DAYS before and fortunately for everyone I had not had that much time on the be here for those two days. A friends parish priest had sent it to her. If anyone does install Norton, be sure and do the on-line upgrade. My friend kept saying her computer was clean as I kept having to delete the happy 99 that kept showing up with her other e's....along with others. After she did the up-grade it showed the infected files. "Computer folk" please excuse my vocabulary but one of my symptoms with the virus was the "illegal act thingie" and it would shut my computer down. Haven't found anything of any importance yet that it affected. All my damage is from trying to MERGE FILES!!!! What a mess!!! Linda ---------- From: Steve Riddle <sriddle@lnx.net> To: RIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [RIDDLE-L] Virus and Downloading Date: Saturday, July 10, 1999 12:30 PM Joyce, I've been on the Internet for over 4 years now, and as yet, I have NOT caught one single virus. And I have downloaded thousands of files and thousands of E-mails. Steve >When you belong to the Digest mode you have to open each email >separately. My computer brings up a screen and asks me each time if I >want to "open it" or "save it ot disk" and warns me that there could >be a virus attached. I'm using the latest edition of Microsoft >Internet Explorer. > >I have seen some subject lines, like "unidentified subject", "guess >what", etc. I just delete the ones I can't be certain about. I >probably miss a good message once in a while but better safe than >sorry! > >I do think we need to be careful. We don't want to spread a virus to >everyone on the list. > >Sincerely - Joyce > > >==== RIDDLE Mailing List ==== >---------------RIDDLE Researchers Discussion List------------------ > > Have you hugged a RIDDLE lately?! > SMILE & pass it on! > > > > > My Family Tree Web Page.. http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/r/i/d/Steve-Riddle/ I am related to FOUR different families that came over on the Mayflower in 1620, both "John Howland", "John Alden", "Edward Fuller" and "John Tilley". Go to the Bottom and click on "Desecents of John Howland" (He came across on the Mayflower in 1620) Also I have listed, "John Alden" who also I am related too. Check out the "FULL DETAILED" versions. Over 11,844+ names now. Check it out. Revised at 7-5-1999 If you can help me, I'm still looking for information on my great great grandfather, "John W. Riddle b. 1812 d. 1852 and Margaret Humphrey b. 1806 d. 1892 his wife" who were both from the Butler County, PA area. I would like to know who the *PARENTS* are of my John W. Riddle. My Genealogy is John Howland & Elizabeth Tilley, Desire Howland & John Gorham, Mercy Gorham & George Denison, Samuel Denison & Mary Lay Miner, Sarah Denison & William Babcock, Sarah Babcock & George Irish, Rebecca Irish & Charles Bowler, William Davis Bowler & Nancy Coon, Prudence C. Bowler & Elijah Homes Coon, Julius Jerome Coon & Nance Wade, Julia Jay Coon & Edward Newton Riddle, Julius Newton Riddle & Mary Christine Clemens, Edward Newton Riddle & Marilyn Dunlop (my parents) and them ME- Steven Edward Riddle ~~~ Check out my REVISED WEB Pages at: http://www.SteveRiddle.com ~~~ http://www.SteveRiddle.com/Computers If you need to send a Message to me *immediately*, you can send a TEXT MESSAGE to my Sprint PCS telephone via your E-mail at: 7146125346@messaging.sprintpcs.com (please limit your message to 100 words or less). ==== RIDDLE Mailing List ==== -----------------RIDDLE Researchers Discussion List------------------ Have you posted your RIDDLE, RYDALE, RUDDELL, RIDLEY, RIDLE, RUDDLE, RIDDELL, REDDELL, RIDEL, etc. Query yet?! What are ya waitin' for?! It's time!