Hi Malcolm; The Kak worm variants are exceptions- they are not attachments as such but a signature file. They would not be picked up by software that deletes attachments. They also do not need to be opened or executed to infect the target. They take advantage of a bug in Outlook and only Outlook users are at risk. Regards, Bob On Sun, 29 Oct 2000 15:49:27 +0000, you wrote: >Hi All, > >Since this is a Rootsweb list, and I run a few RW lists, you might like to >know that Rootsweb does not allow exectuable (binary) or HTML attachments >to list traffic. > >This makes it most unlikely that you will get a virus via Rootsweb, and I >have not heard of it happening in 2 1/2 years. There have been a few false >alarms, of course, and viruses have been sent by list members responding >off list. > >So the genral comments about precautions should still be followed, but this >might help in tracking down where they came from. > >I also use Eudora, and have it set to only send plain text for normal >messages, to avoid the risk of passing a virus on. > >HTH, > >Malcolm