I also received an email message containing a file with a virus from someone who said they had read a message on the Wilson Co. list. I wrote the person back saying that the file was contaminated and to please just copy what he/she wanted me to receive within an email, but heard nothing further. Additionally I just received an email from Cunningham1234 on the Benton Co., Arkansas mail list containing a file with a virus. Again I wrote back saying that I couldn't read the file because it contained a virus and heard nothing further from that person. Perhaps it is paranoia but it seems to me that if I sent a corrupted file to someone and they notified me as such that I would again write them, send the material in a different format. The fact that this didn't happen makes me suspicious that someone is trying to pull a prank. Susan
Most of the virus we recieve by mail are worms and are sent by the virus to our email addresses and the person that has the virus isn't aware of it.. in this case perhaps he/she is cleaning the computer up before emailing anyone else. Gale Prince Nash Sbocko3001@aol.com wrote: > I also received an email message containing a file with a virus from someone > who said they had read a message on the Wilson Co. list. I wrote the person > back saying that the file was contaminated and to please just copy what > he/she wanted me to receive within an email, but heard nothing further. > > Additionally I just received an email from Cunningham1234 on the Benton Co., > Arkansas mail list containing a file with a virus. Again I wrote back saying > that I couldn't read the file because it contained a virus and heard nothing > further from that person. > > Perhaps it is paranoia but it seems to me that if I sent a corrupted file to > someone and they notified me as such that I would again write them, send the > material in a different format. The fact that this didn't happen makes me > suspicious that someone is trying to pull a prank. > > Susan > > ==== TNWILSON Mailing List ==== > The Wilson County Genealogy Depot > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwcogs/ > <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnwcogs">The Wilson Co. Depot</A>