Hi Everyone, A few days ago I sent out a warning about a nasty new virus that surfaced on Dec 19th. It mainly hits Mailing Lists, like this one. Today I was hit twice by it. Both messages appeared to have come from this mailing list, but the return addresses were forgeries. This what they look like: ********************************************* Subject: [TXGALVES-L] ROOTSWEB SURNAME LIST Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 10:09:22 -0600 From: TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com To: jnturner@gte.net hffp://stuart.messagemates.com/index.html Hypercool Happy New Year 2000 funny programs and animations... We attached our recent animation from this site in our mail ! Check it out ! [Attachment] Name: theobbq.exe Type: unspecified type (application/octet-stream) Encoding: base64 **************** If you see a message like this, don't open the attachment. Immediately delete the message, and that kills it. It's going to be with us for a while. Probably at least one computer on the list is infected. Use your anti-virus program every day. Check once a week for updated virus definition files from the web site of your virus software manufacturer. And above all, don't open any attachments, even those which appear to be coming from someone you know and trust, without checking with the sender to see if the message, and attachment, are genuine. Jim Turner