Because both of the lists I manage are housed at RootsWeb, and because there
have been a lot of viruses floating around lately, I thought the following
would be of interest:
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/
Previously published in RootsWeb
Review: Vol. 5, No. 21, 22 May 2002
Tim Singleton, tsingleton(a)iclub.org
Volunteer INGenWeb Coordinator
Adams Co. -
http://www.rootsweb.com/~inadams
Randolph Co. -
http://www.rootsweb.com/~inrandol/