John and all, Don't worry, I am certainly not going to unsub (or in your words excommunicate) anyone unless they are spreading this virus among other members of the list, and then it is only temporary until the virus is cleaned off of the infected machine. The problem with the Badtrans virus (its brother went around last spring) is that it automatically replies to posts to the list. For example, if someone has an infected machine on this list, I will certainly get a private email in response to this post with a subject line Re: [WiMilwau] Virus Warning was the pif attachment ?? and it will contain a virus that will try to infect my machine. If I don't unsub people temporarily, then the virus will run rampant through the list and we will have a real mess. Now, the good news. I didn't get a virus response to my post last night and hopefully I won't for this one either. But if I do, then I will temporarily unsub them. There's more info at http://www.messagelabs.com/viruseye/report.asp?id=86 For those interested in learning more about computers and viruses try the virus list at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Internet_Help/VIRUS- DISCUSSION.html Bob Fay On 27 Nov 2001, at 12:35 JQMagie@aol.com <WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Note to WiMilwau list owner Bob Fay especially-- > Over the past several months, Bob, I've candidly had increasing > difficulty making head or tail out of many of your public and private > e-mails. Some have been valuable and also very funny (i.e., "ha-ha")-- > while others have been very obscure. And several of your responses to > me have seemed to bear no clear relationship to my stated concerns-- and > I thus mostly stopped sending you any on-list or off-list notes. > Your posting below also ALARMS me. > I'm a Senior Citizen with a limited knowledge of jargon, including > > computer jargon. PLEASE use less of this in your postings and other > e-mail. > A bit more info on Badtrans would also be helpful to me and > probably > others. And what does "Virus Warning was the pif attachment" mean? And > what does "unsub" mean? And, if I've been "unsubscribed," I would have > appreciated a preliminary warning to me on this in an off-list e-mail. > I'm now sending this note to you publicly (as well as privately) > partly > because your posting below oddly instructs me to do so and partly to see > if, without any private warning from you or RootsWeb, I've already been > excommunicated from the WiMilwau list. Let's ALL be careful > .........John _____________________________________________________ > > << Subj: [WiMilwau] Virus Warning was the pif attachment > Date: 11/27/01 8:43:02 AM Central Standard Time > From: madgrad77@clsurf.com (Robert W Fay) > Reply-to: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com > To: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi folks, > > There is a new virus going around....it is similar to the Badtrans virus > from last spring. They are calling it Badtrans B. McAfee recommends that > you get the latest update to your antivirus software. > > I hate to unsub people but I guess with the way this virus works > (replies to list posts) I am going to have to until they get their > machines cleaned. > > Be careful, > Bob Fay >> > ____________________________________________________ > > > ==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== > For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please see > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htme > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > >