This is not a virus warning !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have been sent a virus in an attatchment from this mailing list. fortunate for me it was detected by my anti-virus programme and was isolated and sent to there lab for looking at this is to ask are tell other listers to be on there toes especially if receive attatchments from unknown people but most important of all ....dont forget to keep your anti-virus programmes up to date at all times sorry this off topic but felt had to let other listers know and be aware

Brian I forwarded a message regarding Oxfordshire FHS activities to the list this morning. I received an off-list reply from someone whom I won't name with an attachment called :- news_doc.scr I was suspicious, as it seemed to be a .scr file dressed up to appear to be a Word document. My free anti-virus software, Inoculate IT, which can be downloaded from the web, identified this as a virus which I safely deleted. Inoculate IT is produced by Computer associates, the fifth biggest computer software producer in the world. It can be downloaded free of charge from :- www.antivirus.cai.com It hasn't let me down so far ! Paul Gaskell Publicity Officer Oxfordshire Family History Society E mail ; publicity@ofhs.org.uk Society meetings at Kidlington, usually on the fourth Monday of the month Computer Group meets in Oxford on the first Monday of alternate months Research centre at Stanton St John open on an "ad hoc" basis Open Day at Didcot on Saturday 6 October 2001 For microfiche, books, search services and much more Further details ; www.ofhs.org.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: brian <greyhound@crowe49.freeserve.co.uk> To: <WESSEX-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2001 12:42 PM Subject: [WSX] VIRUS ALERT !!!!!!!!! > This is not a virus warning !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > I have been sent a virus in an attatchment from this mailing list. > > fortunate for me it was detected by my anti-virus programme and was isolated and sent to there lab for looking at > > this is to ask are tell other listers to be on there toes especially if receive attatchments from unknown people > > but most important of all ....dont forget to keep your anti-virus programmes up to date at all times > > sorry this off topic but felt had to let other listers know and be aware

Hi, Can I just stop any panic by explaining that Brian means (or he should :>) that he did NOT actually get the virus as an attachment from THE MAILING LIST ITSELF. This CANNOT happen. You cannot send any attachments to any mailing list at Rootsweb and therefore you cannot receive any. What's happened to Brian is that someone from this or any other mailing list he belongs to, has his email address in their address book. The virus - which in this case looks like a worm - then sends itself out to everyone on this poor person's pc. Check your systems and visit www.download.com for cleaners etc. These things happen - but don't panic! Regards, Linda -----Original Message----- From: brian [mailto:greyhound@crowe49.freeserve.co.uk] Sent: 14 April 2001 12:43 To: WESSEX-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WSX] VIRUS ALERT !!!!!!!!! This is not a virus warning !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have been sent a virus in an attatchment from this mailing list. fortunate for me it was detected by my anti-virus programme and was isolated and sent to there lab for looking at this is to ask are tell other listers to be on there toes especially if receive attatchments from unknown people but most important of all ....dont forget to keep your anti-virus programmes up to date at all times sorry this off topic but felt had to let other listers know and be aware ______________________________