June, I have received this same e-mail about once a month for the past 9 months or so. Last one this past Monday. I have never opened the attachment as a friend had warned me about this one. Checked my hard disk just in case and didn't find it. My children also use this computer and have been warned to NOT open attachments that they are not expecting to get. But kids don't always do what their parents say. They are also reminded of what happened when one of them brought a disk home from school about three years ago. It contained a virus that wiped out the entire hard disk. I have seen the Snow White e-mail mentioned on other mailing lists and wonder if the addies are being picked off these lists or other query sites. I haven't tried to return it to the sender for fear that I would be bombarded with more. So now I celebrate Snow White's 18th birthday about once a month by deleting the message as soon as it comes in. Thanks for the warning, Cathy > -----Original Message----- > From: June & Marco [mailto:settleciocca@earthlink.net] > Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 2:49 AM > To: WVFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [WVFAYETT] Please check your hard disks > > > Would everyone on the list please scan their hard disks for a file called > "dwarf4you.exe"? This is an ancient worm program that replicates itself, > tempting users to open it by insinuating to do so will reveal "the true > story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". I've been getting this > thing now > every day for about a week, and am wondering if it has worked its way into > the membership of the list. > > Thanks! > June > "Custom will reconcile people to any atrocity." > George Bernard Shaw > > "Once some potent event evokes before your eyes the invisible thing, there > is no way to make yourself blind again." > Joseph Conrad, "Lord Jim" > > > ==== WVFAYETT Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > 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/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >

The Snow White virus is still very much around. It was rampant in my area (Tenn) about six months ago and I got as many as ten and twelve messages in a two-day period several times; usually on the weekend. Fortunately, my antivirus program picked up on them and no harm was done. I still get an occasional message. Enough to keep me on my toes and on the lookout. A friend in the Fayetteville, WVA area has been getting a lot, too. I am now very careful to keep my antivirus program updated and do at least a weekly scan of my hard drive. I have been trying to let people know in advance when I plan to send them an attachment, so they will be expecting it. A little extra time but worth it. Carline cagee@ntown.net