Thank you for that advice, fortunately we have antivirus software on all of our computers including a firewall.  I hope the listers will take your advice and not mine. Regards,   Sandy (Glentrool, formerly Tasmania & Ladysmith NSW) ________________________________ From: Nivard Ovington <ovington1@sky.com> To: sct-renfrew@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, 24 July, 2010 9:45:22 Subject: Re: [SCT-RENFREW] Off Topic ...but vital. Please read if you knowJean Old on this list. Sorry to say Sandy But that is an urban myth and does not work It could lead some into a false sense of security The best advice is good anti virus, updated daily and *never* click executable links in emails that you are not 100% sure where they came from or open unsolicited attachments Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) I had an email that suggested a few years back that you should have in your contacts list the email address aaaaaaaaa@aaa.aaa and this might stop hackers from accessing your list. Sandy (Glentrool) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-RENFREW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message