Carline, I've not received mail containing virus from STRONG-L, and I receive everything that goes through the list. It is highly unlikely this list is the source of the virus you mention. Please see: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/virus.html If you need further information or continue to suspect the list as a source of messages containing a virus, please contact me off list and I will do what I can to help. Thank you, Russell Laird STRONG-L admin rll.geo@yahoo.com --- Carline Agee <cagee@ntown.com> wrote: > Someone on this mailing list appears to be infected > with a virus/worm. For the last three nights I have > had messages from the mailing list (from someone > named Jeff and someone else) and my Norton has > detected a virus in the messages. Please have your > machines checked and cleaned if necessary before > sending anymore messages!!! > > Carline :) > God Bless America > cagee@ntown.net __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com

Someone on this mailing list appears to be infected with a virus/worm. For the last three nights I have had messages from the mailing list (from someone named Jeff and someone else) and my Norton has detected a virus in the messages. Please have your machines checked and cleaned if necessary before sending anymore messages!!! Carline :) God Bless America cagee@ntown.net

> Ralph, > Every I open the cr Norton catches the virus being transferred. To me this > is a very danger game to play. > Thanks Again! > Jim > jgilbert@hiwaay.net > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ralph Strong" <rastrong@erols.com> > To: <STRONG-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 7:43 PM > Subject: Re: [STRONG] w95.mtx worm Virus > > Can you find someone with an old computer with no useful data. You should be able to read the data without executing it. Norton should then clean it up so you can rewrite the useful data back on a CD-R. You may have to install your CD-R temporarily on the old computer. Regards, Ralph

Ralph, Every I open the cr Norton catches the virus being transferred. To me this is a very danger game to play. Thanks Again! Jim jgilbert@hiwaay.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ralph Strong" <rastrong@erols.com> To: <STRONG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 7:43 PM Subject: Re: [STRONG] w95.mtx worm Virus > > > > Dear Jim, > > Will look to see which ones I saved. Since I got a new computer I will > have > > to check the old one. I'll help anyway I can. Talked to my computer man. > No > > help there. Will check with a friend that is coming this weekend who is a > > computer wiz and she might be of some help. > > > > Martha > > > > > Jim, > > Is it impossible to read the disc at all? It is possible that there is a > pattern on the disc that matches a virus signature, but is not actually a > virus or worm. Has the virus caused damage or propagated in any way from > this infected disk? > > Ralph Strong > > > > > ==== STRONG Mailing List ==== > ======================================================== > THE STRONG QUEST (including The Strong Mail List web site) > http://ro.com/~rts2/quest > http://members.tripod.com/~RTStrong/Quest/index.html > > Policies and procedures for the Strong Mail List. > Ancestor / Descendancy Charts of subscribers and visitors. > Repository for Strong data and documents. > Links to Strong websites, research tools, etc. > ========================================================== > A STRONG HERITAGE: The Strong-Gossage Ancestral Database > http://ro.com/~rts2/ancestry > http://members.tripod.com/~RTStrong/Ancestry > > Ancestors of Robert T. (Bob) Strong, Jr., and Velma > (Gossage) Strong. Earliest Strong ancestor: John > Strong, Sr., of St. Peter's Parish, VA, circa 1700. > Notes, containing sources, included. > ======================================================== > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

Ralph, The problem is Norton can not delete the virus on the cd-r. Thanks for the help! Jim jgilbert@hiwaay.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ralph Strong" <rastrong@erols.com> To: <STRONG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 7:30 PM Subject: Re: [STRONG] w95.mtx worm Virus > > > > Dear Jim, > > Will look to see which ones I saved. Since I got a new computer I will > have > > to check the old one. I'll help anyway I can. Talked to my computer man. > No > > help there. Will check with a friend that is coming this weekend who is a > > computer wiz and she might be of some help. > > > > Martha > > Jim, > > I am curious. Is the problem that you can not write on the CD, so you > cannot run Norton on the CD itself? I have posted on my Westinghouse forum > which has a lot of computer software gurus. I am trying to describe the > problem more accurately for them. > > Ralph Strong > > > > ==== STRONG Mailing List ==== > ======================================================== > STRONG FAMILY ASSOCIATON OF AMERICA (SFAA) web site: > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/4715 > > Strong(e)s of Somerset, Dorset, and Devon Counties, England, > including ancestors of "Elder" John Strong; queries about > descendants of "Elder" John Strong answered by the SFAA > Historian, Robert Sheldon ("Bob") Strong, from his extensive > electronic database. > ========================================================== > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

For Jim, On my CD-R system (H-P), when I eject a freshly written CD, I am given a choice of leaving it 'open' or 'closed'. 'Open' in this sense means that I can continue to read and write to it but only in a CD-R (RW) drive. 'Closed' means that it can be read in most CD drives, including CD-R drives. At this point however, it cannot be further written to unless reopened for that use. Sadly, these options are not so clearly explained. If this is the trouble that your friend is experiencing then I believe the answer requires that he do the following: 1. Put his CD in the CD-R drive. 2. Start his CD-R system in 'Create a CD' mode and follow the instructions to make it writable(sp?) again. At this point, it must be left in the CD-R drive if alterations are required either manually or by his anti-virus program. It can later be made 'read only' in another step. What is puzzling here however, is how a virus got on a disk that was 'read only'. Assuming access is the problem, a second method of dealing with it is to copy the entire CD to the hard drive, repair the problem and then write the corrected data to a new CD. In this case, it is important that the 'program' not be run or used so as to avoid the possibility of spreading whatever virus problem there may be. I am forwarding the comments I have received from the Wx Forum. I don't know if the suggestions are helpful, as I may not have interpreted the problem correctly. Is it possible to read the disk at all? I presumed that the disk was closed to be read only before this problem occurred? Regards, Ralph Strong

> Dear Jim, > Will look to see which ones I saved. Since I got a new computer I will have > to check the old one. I'll help anyway I can. Talked to my computer man. No > help there. Will check with a friend that is coming this weekend who is a > computer wiz and she might be of some help. > > Martha > Jim, Is it impossible to read the disc at all? It is possible that there is a pattern on the disc that matches a virus signature, but is not actually a virus or worm. Has the virus caused damage or propagated in any way from this infected disk? Ralph Strong

> Dear Jim, > Will look to see which ones I saved. Since I got a new computer I will have > to check the old one. I'll help anyway I can. Talked to my computer man. No > help there. Will check with a friend that is coming this weekend who is a > computer wiz and she might be of some help. > > Martha Jim, I am curious. Is the problem that you can not write on the CD, so you cannot run Norton on the CD itself? I have posted on my Westinghouse forum which has a lot of computer software gurus. I am trying to describe the problem more accurately for them. Ralph Strong

Dear Jim, Will look to see which ones I saved. Since I got a new computer I will have to check the old one. I'll help anyway I can. Talked to my computer man. No help there. Will check with a friend that is coming this weekend who is a computer wiz and she might be of some help. Martha

Dear Jim, I will ask my computer man if he knows of anything. Did someone send it to you or what? It is a heartbreak to loose that much material. Martha

Martha, We (Norton antivirus and I) have traced them to an address m??????@irrc.com But no one has the address. They said to use the ? marks when talking on the net about for safety reasons! Their name could be a trap for the worms and/or viruses! The index of names for the Thomas line book was one of the ones destroyed. I will do only one thing at a time on this computer. Never again will run more than one program at a time. I found a old CD from last year with some of the last records on it. All of my e-mail for the last two years is gone! Jim jgilbert@hiwaay.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <MFBSTRONG@aol.com> To: <STRONG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 9:20 AM Subject: Re: [STRONG] w95.mtx worm Virus > Dear Jim, > I will ask my computer man if he knows of anything. > Did someone send it to you or what? > It is a heartbreak to loose that much material. > > Martha > > > ==== STRONG Mailing List ==== > ======================================================== > Address to subscribe or cancel subscription for MAIL-MODE: > <STRONG-L-request@rootsweb.com> > > Address to subscribe or cancel subscription for DIGEST-MODE: > <STRONG-D-request@rootsweb.com> > ========================================================== > To subscribe, send 1 word message: subscribe > > To cancel subscription, send 1 word: unsubscribe > ========================================================== > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

Not at this time! Just have to start over and work harder. Do you know of anyplace I can send two CD's to have three different viruses removed. I use Norton Antivirus, It will not delete files on a writeable CD. I have friends and family that use all kinds of antivirus programs and they are unable to clean my five writeable cd! I have e-mailed a few sites on the net that do disk recovery just one replied to me, they will not try it! As you see I am using outlook express for my e-mailer now. My Eudora light E-mail program was destroyed. Thanks for asking! Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: <MFBSTRONG@aol.com> To: <STRONG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 5:38 PM Subject: Re: [STRONG] w95.mtx worm Virus > Dear Jim, > Is there anything I can do to help? > > Martha > > > ==== STRONG Mailing List ==== > ======================================================== > Ship Captains and other Mariners named STRANG(E) or STRONG(E) > http://tor-pw1.netcom.ca/~vickerst/ships.html > > Immigrants named STRANG(E) or STRONG(E) from passenger lists > http://tor-pw1.netcom.ca/~vickerst/passlist.html > ========================================================== > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

Dear Jim, Is there anything I can do to help? Martha

One week ago I receiver the above worm as an attachment (border.pif) while was backing up my Strong Data on to my CD-R. Now I have a cd that I can not risk reading because it has a worm on it that I can not erase and I now have 8 GB hard drive not a 80 GB one. Three years down the drain! Please be careful what you are sending other people. My computer is clean again! Jim jgilbert@hiwaay.net

Since I contacted the list last Nov. I have found more information on my STRONG family. Nathan D. Strong m. Lelia Christmas Oct. 2 1875 in Grass Lake, MI. He was born in Michigan in 1851 & she was born in Michigan in 1856. They were married in the Methodist Episcopal Church in Grass Lake. His occupation is listed as farmer. On the 1880 Grass Lake , Michigan Census Nathan & Lelia are listed with Jonah & Mary Miles. His parents are listed as being born in New York. His occupation is listed as farmer. Their daughter, Viola was born Nov. 7 1884 in Jackson, MI. On the 1900 Jackson, Michigan Census Nathan is listed with a different wife but his daughter, Viola is sill living with him. His occupation is now prison keeper. On January 15 1904 Viola married Joseph L. Anjier in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Her residence was listed as Grayson County, TX. I am wondering if anyone on the list has Strong family ancestors from Grass Lake in Michigan or Grayson County Texas. Thanks, Joe Anjier Baton Rouge, LA

In a message dated 3/15/02 3:37:13 PM, JLTFlying@aol.com writes: >Aunt Irene Strong Causey---- Mine were Howard STRONG & wife, Irene Strong, nee BARRETT, ROMANSKI or RAYMOND. They lived and raised a family in NJ for many years. Thanx, Barbara : ) [can I adopt your aunt? LOL]

Hi- I missed them! I`m looking for Howard STRONG & wife, Irene Strong, nee BARRETT, ROMANSKI or RAYMOND. They lived and raised a family in NJ for many years. Thanx, Barbara : ) In a message dated 3/15/02 4:40:49 PM, dstrong155@prodigy.net writes: >Here is a web site that has your family. If you need anything let me know. > >Caley and Sarah Strong were my great grandparents. >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dstrong155/strongindex.htm > >

Ref. Irene Strong... Here is a web site that has your family. If you need anything let me know. Caley and Sarah Strong were my great grandparents. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dstrong155/strongindex.htm Take care Dave Strong Carmel, Indiana ----- Original Message ----- From: <JLTFlying@aol.com> To: <STRONG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 2:33 PM Subject: [STRONG] Irene Strong > I have an Aunt Irene Strong Causey, who lives & has lived in Tipton, Indiana > for "many" years. She is the daughter of Herbert Franklin Strong, who > parents were Caley Strong & Sarah Katherine Spears (Speers), who are from > Celina, TN. > > > ==== STRONG Mailing List ==== > ======================================================== > "Welcome to my World": Martha F. (Brani) Strong's web site > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/7905/ > > Ancestors of "Elder" John Strong, Margery Deane, and > Abigail Ford in England. Children of "Elder" John > Strong of MA & CT. Historical documents of England & > U.S.A.; historical Strong(e) homes and buildings. New > genealogical research findings concerning families in > "The West Country" of England: Somerset, Dorset, and > Devon counties. Memorial to John Richard Mayer, Strange > descendant and researcher. Other research aids and links. > ========================================================== > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

My father is Carlos Wilbert Strong, son of Herbert Franklin Strong & Lula Green, son of Caley Strong & Sarah Katherine Spears (Speers). My father has a cousin Oliver Strong in the Celina, TN area, where their family originated. I don't know if we're kin, but you can check with the Strong Family Genealogy Page. Good Luck!

I have an Aunt Irene Strong Causey, who lives & has lived in Tipton, Indiana for "many" years. She is the daughter of Herbert Franklin Strong, who parents were Caley Strong & Sarah Katherine Spears (Speers), who are from Celina, TN.