Once again, this is a reminder to not only have a virus program installed, but to UPDATE IT FREQUENTLY. I use Norton Anti-Virus 2002, which is a wonderful program-it checks not only incoming, but also my outgoing e-mail. It takes a couple of seconds more for sending and receiving, but it is worth the peace of mind. There are other good programs, but I have been very happy with this one! Yours for safe cyber-surfing- Meg Gentry Bookout rayjac wrote: > There is a Virus going around that has an attachment. > > Warning, even if you know who the person that the email is from > and you are not expecting --- DO NOT OPEN. > I have received email from persons that is on this mail list, that has > attachment but it was not sent by them. > . > > BE CAREFUL in opening any mail with attachment ---DELETE. > > Shelby County Texas Rootsweb Coordinator > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby > rayjac@ktsnet.com > > > >

As far as attachments are concerned, it is generally a good idea to avoid them whenever possible. The university where my husband works has set their system so that it CANNOT receive any attachments. They use Outlook and it is a prime target for viruses. They are training faculty and students to cut and paste and send internal messages. When that is not possible--as with dissertation chapters, etc.--both students and faculty are required to do a virus check on sending and receiving messages. If you must send an attachment, send it as an .rtf file instead of a .doc file. This reduces the chances of a virus. As for knowing who you are getting files from, that isn't always safe either. I got a severe virus a couple of years ago from a friend who was sending me a brochure for a conference we were working on. It turned out that he had been infected by an e-mail from the honors college at his university. I caught it fairly quickly--but not quickly enough to save my computer. I did save his--and they caught the honor student who created the virus. If you get a virus, try to determine where it came from. Or see if you can find who sent it on to you. Immediately notify everyone in your mailing list--because most viruses infect others by using your address book and sending itself to all your friends. If the virus can be traced back to the creator, current national law now treats any computer hacker as a terrorist and they can be prosecuted as such. (My son is in the nation's first cybercrime technology degree program and I am learning all sorts of interesting things.....) Also, periodically some sweet soul sends out message telling you to delete some file which is supposedly a virus. This is usually a part of the Windows System folder. The current one seems to be "jdbgmgr.exe" ALWAYS check hoax sites before deleting anything from your system folder. These are the files which run your computer. This one is also a hoax. If you have deleted it, you may need to reinstall Windows. --Barbara Eberly Bradley Springs Cemetery: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~beberly/bradley.htm Risinger Page http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~beberly/risinger/rising.htm Bookout wrote: > Once again, this is a reminder to not only have a virus program > installed, but to UPDATE IT FREQUENTLY. I use Norton Anti-Virus 2002, > which is a wonderful program-it checks not only incoming, but also my > outgoing e-mail. It takes a couple of seconds more for sending and > receiving, but it is worth the peace of mind. There are other good > programs, but I have been very happy with this one! > Yours for safe cyber-surfing- > Meg Gentry Bookout > > rayjac wrote: > > > There is a Virus going around that has an attachment. > > > > Warning, even if you know who the person that the email is from > > and you are not expecting --- DO NOT OPEN. > > I have received email from persons that is on this mail list, that has > > attachment but it was not sent by them. > > . > > > > BE CAREFUL in opening any mail with attachment ---DELETE. > > > > Shelby County Texas Rootsweb Coordinator > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby > > rayjac@ktsnet.com > > > > > > > >