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From: "Joan Best" <>
Subject: Re: [FREEMAN-L] Re: FREEMAN-D Digest V01 #82
Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 06:32:13 -1000
References: <200105140400.f4E40PJ28072@lists5.rootsweb.com> <003b01c0dc46$2d18df00$9a379c3e@computer>


The virus does not GO through rootsweb and it doesn't matter if you use
digest form or not. When you get messages from a list it has two
"from"s in it actually. It will show the e-mail address of the person
that sent it and the e-mail address of the list. This virus, called
BadTran, finds all the e-mail addresses of all the messages in the
computer that haven't been read yet, takes all or part of the message,
says something like "look at the attachment" so it looks like you are
getting a reply to something you sent out. Sometimes these are old
messages, in someone's delete box that were glanced at and deleted
before they were registered as read, and sometimes they are immediate
replies to something you just sent out. The person with the infected
computer DOES NOT KNOW they have the virus. Their computer does all
this when they go on the internet.

Now ROOTSWEB does not allow attachments through its system so this
virus, although sent to RootsWeb, is not passed on by RootsWeb to the
list. But the virus was also sent to the private e-mail address in your
original message, and this got through from the infected computer, back
to you.

You are well advised to install an anti virus program, and then chose
the option of having it examine each piece of incoming mail for viruses
before they enter your computer and chose an automatic update every
week. Viruses that effect lists are happening more frequently now.

Joan Best

----- Original Message -----
From: "jbickers" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2001 8:37 PM
Subject: [FREEMAN-L] Re: FREEMAN-D Digest V01 #82


> I bet I know what virus this is. It is going through the lists big
time.
> What it does is go to unopened messages in your inbox, and send a copy
of
> itself to the senders. It quotes your message back to you so that you
end
> up thinking it's a reply. The message says "Take a look at the
Attachment."
>
> So, if the person who has this virus isn't getting the list in digest
form,
> everytime they get a message from the listserv, a copy is sent out to
each
> individual address. If they subscribe through a digest form, a
message will
> be sent to the listserv, which seems to always clear it out.
>
> Folks, if you don't have an antivirus program you've got to go out and
get
> one. I procrastinated for years but finally got one last fall. Thank
> heavens I did because after that, I started getting viruses sent to me
> through various listservs I belong to. It's just dumb luck that I
didn't
> get one before that. And once you get a program, keep it updated!
When you
> buy Norton antivirus (I'm sure Macafee does the same) you get a full
year's
> worth of updates for free. Once a week, go and update. If you hear
about a
> new virus, go and update earlier. You can also check out virus
stories and
> find out if they're hoaxes or not.
>
> Jill
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 6:00 AM
> Subject: FREEMAN-D Digest V01 #82
>
>
>

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