In a message dated 5/27/01 2:01:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time, VAWISE-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > I had posted this week to VAWISE and received a message back. At the bottom > of the post was a simple message saying "Take a look at the attachment." > Thank goodness I had read the post about opening attachments. I quickly > updated my Norton antivirus saved the attachment to disc, but my antivirus > stopped and told me that it had the W32.Badtrans.13312 @mm.virus. The > attachment was titled "hamster.zip.scr." It was addressed from KDingus. > If there is a KDingus she should run a virus scan on her computer. > > Please check all attachments with your virus scan. Thanks to the discussion > earlier, I saved myself some grief. > > That same individual tried to get me to open an attachment shown as "Humor.txt-"ipeg, and advised that individual that unless we know the person sending an attachment, such will not be opened, but deleted. If this person is found to continue sending viruses, then the WebMaster should get involved, preclude that person getting into the Mail List. Also set your Mail Controls to prevent receipt of mail from that individual. Regards to all, Tim