We have all been told that the virus' cannot execute unless you download the file and open it, so again the main rule with email is DO NOT OPEN A FILE UNLESS YOU KNOW WHO IT IS FROM. I would add, in this day and time, also unless you know it was purposely sent to you. When you get a file and don't know whether to open it or not, DON'T. Send a message to the person and state you received the file but deleted it. AND then delete it from your email list AND from your trash can. In the past two days I have received multiple emails that contain the virus. One was named DearDorris.doc.pif and today it's named TheFirstSeargent.doc.pif. In the body it says something like: Hi, how are you. I sent you this file for you to review. thanks. None of these came from Lisa. It looks like a real email address with a name attached. One my TX administrator's list they are stating that McAfee is catching it after it is opened. Of course you should always keep the latest version and download the new files once in a while. I hope I can keep these virus' away because if I loose my family file, 27,180 individuals will be lost again. Guess we can kind of get an idea of what the flu epidemic of 1918 did. Tammy Owen Bastrop County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbastro/bastrop.htm <A HREF="http://service.bfast.com/bfast/click?bfmid=5647408&siteid=35098265&bfpage=digbutton">Ancestry.com - View Census Images Online</A> The Best! with subscription. <A HREF="http://www.myfamiliesname.com/?AID=2834348&PID=849435">MyFamiliesName.com - "Preserving and Reserving Your Family Name Online."</A> <A HREF="http://www.qksrv.net/click-849435-487817">Go to the AandE, Biography and The History Channels</A> And the best place to find new and used genealogy stuff? <A HREF="http://www.qksrv.net/click-849435-1643272">EBay - the world's online marketplace</A> and <A HREF="http://www.qksrv.net/click-849435-168019">Half.com: The Smartest Place to Buy and Sell Genealogy material.</A>
once again thanks Tammy always so supportive :) xo ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bastropcc@aol.com> To: <TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 10:50 PM Subject: [TXBASTRO] About the virus > We have all been told that the virus' cannot execute unless you download the > file and open it, so again the main rule with email is DO NOT OPEN A FILE > UNLESS YOU KNOW WHO IT IS FROM. I would add, in this day and time, also > unless you know it was purposely sent to you. > When you get a file and don't know whether to open it or not, DON'T. Send a > message to the person and state you received the file but deleted it. AND > then delete it from your email list AND from your trash can. > > In the past two days I have received multiple emails that contain the virus. > One was named DearDorris.doc.pif and today it's named > TheFirstSeargent.doc.pif. > In the body it says something like: Hi, how are you. I sent you this file > for you to review. thanks. > None of these came from Lisa. It looks like a real email address with a > name attached. > > One my TX administrator's list they are stating that McAfee is catching it > after it is opened. Of course you should always keep the latest version and > download the new files once in a while. > > I hope I can keep these virus' away because if I loose my family file, 27,180 > individuals will be lost again. Guess we can kind of get an idea of what the > flu epidemic of 1918 did. > > Tammy Owen > Bastrop County Coordinator > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbastro/bastrop.htm > <A HREF="http://service.bfast.com/bfast/click?bfmid=5647408&siteid=35098265&bfp age=digbutton">Ancestry.com - View Census Images Online</A> The Best! with subscription. > <A HREF="http://www.myfamiliesname.com/?AID=2834348&PID=849435">MyFamiliesName. com - "Preserving and Reserving Your Family Name Online."</A> > <A HREF="http://www.qksrv.net/click-849435-487817">Go to the AandE, Biography and The History Channels</A> And the best place to > find new and used genealogy stuff? > <A HREF="http://www.qksrv.net/click-849435-1643272">EBay - the world's online marketplace</A> and > <A HREF="http://www.qksrv.net/click-849435-168019">Half.com: The Smartest Place to Buy and Sell Genealogy material.</A> > > > ==== TXBASTRO Mailing List ==== > List problems? Contact Gaylon L Powell at gaylon@flash.net > (Please indicate the list in question.) > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com