Just a brief note re: virus activity. I don't want to start a
thread on this subject, but I do want to warn you and
perhaps offer you some help.
I have received five or six messages during the past week
with attachments that were almost certainly virus. They
had various names and file extensions that included .gif,
.exe and .txt.
If you wish to pursue the subject, you can subscribe to
the RootsWeb virus discussion list at:
VIRUS-DISCUSSION-L-REQUEST(a)COMPUTERS.ROOTSWEB.COM
or you can go to
http://www.helpdesk.rootsweb.com
where you can get to a page with a variety of links to
help.
Since the vast majority of virus come as attachments to
e-mail, the best advice I can give is to NOT open any
attachment unless you know the sender and know it is
coming. Many of the current virus send messages without
the knowledge of the host to everyone in their address
book or to unopened e-mail.
It is highly unlikely that we would receive a virus from our
RootsWeb mailing list since they do not transmit attach-
ments, but most of the ones that I have gotten are from
subscribers to lists I administer.
Hope this is of some help and now back to genealogy.
Cal Phillips, Listowner/Admin.
phillipscalvin(a)prodigy.net