I am the one that it hijacked, but from experience have learned NOT to click on links, etc. But twice recently I have been hacked. I have AVG excellent protection and I change my passwords and I do not click on links such as they send.  Not really sure what else to do. I am thinking of getting rid of my yahoo email as that is the one it seems to get. Again, sorry to everyone.  I am open to any other suggestions for protecting my email.  Tina SansoneTN Genealogical Society, Vice Presidenthttp://www.tngsblog.orgGenealogy@Bellaonline.com --- On Wed, 9/26/12, Greg Lovelace <greglovelace@comcast.net> wrote: From: Greg Lovelace <greglovelace@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [TGF] Digest, Vol 6, Issue 523 message 1 To: transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 9:36 AM What has happened here is that the affected person clicked on a link from someone's email address that he/she trusted.  Turns out that email address had been hijacked.  It isn't actually a virus, and it doesn't do anything to your computer.  It just hijacks the email address and uses it to send out more links to the contacts it finds.  I did this, and all I had to do to stop it was change the password for my affected email account.  Worked like a charm.  Peace, Part of the Tree, Greg -----Original Message----- From: transitional-genealogists-forum-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:transitional-genealogists-forum-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jeannette Maxey Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 9:05 AM To: transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com Subject: [TGF] Digest, Vol 6, Issue 523 message 1 Warning MEssage 1 - below contains a virus!!! Be careful  I don't know what this message will do to your computer but it is grabbing peoples email address and sending it on. ----- Original Message ----- From: <transitional-genealogists-forum-request@rootsweb.com> To: <transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 10:01 PM Subject: TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM Digest, Vol 6, Issue 523 > > > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive > environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to > professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > > Today's Topics: > >   1.  fwd: (Tina Sansone) > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the messag The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message