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knoxcotn-digest Tuesday, June 27 2000 Volume 01 : Number 101
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 12:21:29 -0700 From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Life Stages worm/virus hitting genealogists This was on a mailing list I'm on. Thought it was worth passing along. These demons are getting smarter: An SHS file is a Microsoft Scrap Object file. These types of files are executable and can contain a wide variety of objects. The scrap object (SHS) extension does not appear in Windows Explorer even if all file extensions are displayed. Norton Anti-Virus has a page with info at http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/vbs.stages.a.html They say it's very difficult to remove if you accidentally execute it. Get your virus software updates TODAY! Norton for Win95/98 is at http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/download/us-files/0619i32.exe
>This worm or virus came as Life_Stages.txt.shs. It is an attachment, so >delete, then go to your deleted files and delete again! > >It does like the others, only I am told it does a better job of sending >itself to EVERY address in your book. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 01:48:42 -0700 From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Thank our own very astute Rose-Anne! Rose-Anne saw something on eBay that distressed her. She called me. I called the Anderson County Archivist. From today's Knoxville paper: Historic document up for auction CLINTON -- A piece of 19th century Anderson County history has become a present-day Internet mystery. Local officials were amazed to learn that an Anderson County public record dating from 1876 has been offered for sale on e-Bay, the Internet Web site where a myriad of items are electronically auctioned. The document is from an 1876 court case. It's a 23-page lawsuit by the Knoxville and Ohio Railroad Co. against John H. Hicks. County Historian Mary Harris said she doesn't know how long the papers have been missing from the courthouse. "It's a document that needs to be put back in the records," Harris said. "It's a misdemeanor to auction off court records. We should demand to have it sent back." The historian said a friend of hers who lives in Jefferson County saw the item listed for auction for $9.99 and that the seller is listed as a resident of Littleton, Maine. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 08:44:57 -0700 From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Fwd: Free trial access to ancestry.com (fwd) In my lectures, seminars, and classes, I have recommended Ancestry above all the other pay services for years. I have no financial interest in Ancestry, but I encourage you to take them up on this.
> "You are invited to visit Ancestry.com today and sign up for a FREE > 14-day trial with no obligation. You'll gain full access to all 600 > million names in more than 2,500 databases. Go to the following address > to begin your free trial now: > > http://ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrialx.asp?sourcecode=G11BA > <http://ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrialx.asp?sourcecode=G11BA> > > You must activate your FREE trial by July 5, 2000." ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 17:02:37 -0400 From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> Subject: [KnoxCoTN] BRUCE If you can help this lady, please write to her directly at the address below. searching for a lady born Dana L. Bruce- around 1945 - don't know her new last name now - IF you know any BRUCE's can you ask them if there might by chance be a Dana in the family??- Thanks so very much - Beth - blindmansi@aol.com ------------------------------ End of knoxcotn-digest V1 #101 ****************************** |