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From: Robert Perry <>
Subject: Alert to BARBEE list subscribers--PLEASE READ CAREFULLY
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 06:55:43 -0500


Dear Barbee list-
I was alarmed to receive AN ATTACHMENT called "bboy.exe" through the
Barbee list this morning, and I would urge caution in opening it. Shown
below is a posting about new and unusual VIRUSES, that describes the
reason for my concern.

Though my Norton antivirus scaned it and found it benign, I still
decided to delete the attachment without opening it. And then I further
deleted it from my "trash bin".

My biggest concern is that ATTACHMENTS are not supposed to be allowed
to make their way through our Rootsweb Server at all, and I'm suspicious
of how/or why this one made it through. Secondly, I don't recognize the
sender's name or identity. Thirdly, a genealogy list is not considered
the acceptable venue for witty animations, as "bboy.exe" purports to be.

I'm forwarding this message to our Rootsweb server list manager, for
their opinion and general information.

If any of you has any bad (or good) experience from this "bboy"
attachment, or any other poingent infomation on this subject, please
post yoru comments.
Robert Perry
BARBEE List Host
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Subject: [VATAZEWE] Viruses
Resent-Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 13:57:57 -0800 (PST)
Resent-From:
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 17:02:53 -0500
From: "Candy Parent" <>
Reply-To:
To:

Please forgive this non-genealogy post, but it affects us all and I
thought it important to share.This information comes from the head of
the Technology Department in our
corporation. He sent a two-page email to all in the company which (in
brief)
states that numerous sources have promised to unleash 500-1000 new
viruses
as part of their New Year's celebration. More than 30,000 threats have
been
logged by the FBI and other agencies. Because these are new viruses they
are
not yet all detectable by virus programs. Of particular concern are
greeting
cards. They warn of receiving viruses via friends who are unaware they
are
spreading them. The company is recommending that we back up everything,
make
sure our virus protection programs are updated and running and they ask
us
not to download anything or open any attachments (unless absolutely
necessary) for the first few weeks of 2000 until updates for these new
viruses can be created.

I generally ignore messages such as this (many are untrue), but given
the
sources and documentation of this one, I thought I would share it.
Again, I
apologize for the nature of this post, but felt it important to keep us
all
informed, especially since we have seen viruses attach themselves to
lists
such as this one.
Candy Parent
Tazewell County, VAGenWeb Coordinator
http://www.rootsweb.com/~vatazewe
Candy's Clan
http://www.htonline.com/~candy

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