a long time ago i got a worm virus. had to take computer to a three people before they got rid of it and fixed everything. really a lot of trouble. sue ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Hays" <rhays@galvestonbay.net> To: <WALDROP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 2:51 AM Subject: Re: [WALDROP] VIRUS Alert > Thanks for the tip Jan and it is a good idea to do that ,,,,, BUT ,,,, don't count on it stopping all email sent out by a virus. > Some of them have their own SMTP server and do not use your email client at all and some of them can gather address' from your "Temporary Internet Files" folder, this is where Windows stores web pages you visit, HTML documents and other information it uses in going about its' business. > Some virus' use the entire address book and some do not, some start at the top of the address book and some do not., some get address' from unopened email still in your Inbox. > So, as you can see, every little bit helps but the best is not to get infected in the first place. > > Bob Hays > WALDROP-L List Owner > rhays@galvestonbay.net > ________________________________ > > ---- Original Message ---- > From: <JanDawson@aol.com> > To: <WALDROP-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 1:00 AM > Subject: Re: [WALDROP] VIRUS Alert > > > This may be of help: > > > > From the U.S. Dept.of Energy, CIAC website (Computer Incident Advisory > > Cabability), www.ciac.org/ciac > > > > Here is a very helpful tip concerning worm viruses you could get in > > an email: > > > > As you may know, if a worm virus gets into your computer, it heads > > straight for your email address book and sends itself to everyone in > > there, thus infecting all your friends and associates. This tip won't > > keep the virus from getting into your computer, but it will stop it > > from using your address book to spread itself further, and it will > > alert you to the fact that a worm virus has gotten into your system. > (snip) > > > ==== WALDROP Mailing List ==== > To use Waldrop Message Board: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/wal/Waldrop > To Review Archived messages: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/WALDROP-L >