2c. VIRUSES, WORMS, AND HOAXES. Educate yourself about viruses and worms because they do not go away. They are a constant threat and could destroy your valuable genealogical material. You will not receive any of these varmints from RootsWeb's mailing lists because all posts to them must be in plain text and they can not contain attachments, but you might be fooled into thinking so by some of these nasty critters that can forge (spoof) the "From" address. Accurate and current information about computer viruses can be found at: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/vinfodb.html http://dispatch.mcafee.com/virus_tips.asp?cid=1593 Hoaxes and Scares: Don't fall for these or pass them along. http://www.europe.datafellows.com/news/hoax.htm http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/hoaxes FOR A FREE ONLINE VIRUS SCAN: http://housecall.antivirus.com/pc_housecall/ -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton 2002