From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Thu Aug 1 14:56:42 2002 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g71Iugi55516; Thu, 1 Aug 2002 14:56:42 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (1Cust225.tnt2.cleveland3.oh.da.uu.net [65.238.69.225]) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g71IueJ55505 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2002 14:56:40 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <57a401c2398d$2f6e3980$0100a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net Access to Yard during Plebe Parents Weekend Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 14:56:45 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... Passed to our members at the request of USNA... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jill Montone" To: "Jill Montone" Cc: "Laura Strayer" Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 1:24 PM Subject: FW: Access to Yard during Plebe Parents Weekend Dear Parent Club Presidents and Contacts: USNA Security has requested that the following information be distributed to all USNA Parent Clubs. Please contact your members regarding this development. Thank you.-Jill Jill Montone Parent Program Coordinator United States Naval Academy Alumni Association 247 King George Street Annapolis, MD 21402 410-263-4448 Ext. 241 Vehicular Access to the Naval Academy for Plebe Parents' Weekend will be limited to those with current Department of Defense (DoD) stickers or current Friends of the Naval Academy (FONA) cards. During the summer, company officers coordinated with Naval Academy security for the issuance of FONA cards with information provided by midshipmen and their parents. This has been an ongoing process over the summer and the last group was just completed, hopefully in time to reach family members. For those not possessing a FONA or DOD pass, shuttle service will be available on the following schedule. 8/8/02 (Thu) - 1200 - 2200 (Stadium to Dahlgren Hall) 8/9/02 (Fri) - 0500 - 1700 (Stadium to Dahlgren Hall) 8/10/02 (Sat) - 0800 - 1500 (Stadium to Alumini Hall) NOTE: Saturday's shuttle is to Alumni Hall for the parade and Superintendent's Forum Additionally, if a Plebe is in the vehicle, that vehicle may drive on the Naval Academy whether or not it possesses a DoD or FONA pass. The Plebe will be required to show his Military Identification to the guard at the gate for entry. *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ================================================ Pass on our USNA-Net tradition to the next Class. Tell an '06 Parent about www.USNA-Net.org today! ================================================ From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Thu Aug 1 20:26:27 2002 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g720QRh96657; Thu, 1 Aug 2002 20:26:27 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from NOVA (1Cust225.tnt2.cleveland3.oh.da.uu.net [65.238.69.225]) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g720QMG96639 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2002 20:26:22 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <018c01c239bb$ea7c08a0$2500a8c0@NOVA> From: "Sandi Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net New Wallpaper... Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 20:31:14 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... To all, Photos are not the only thing I have been working on lately. I have put together 15 new USNA/Navy/Marine Wallpapers for use on your computer desktops. We added our 2,500th active member today, thank you to EVERY one of you who have put the word out and recruited new members!!! It has been awhile since I created new wallpapers, and there have been a lot of new members since the last announcement. I imagine there are quite a few of you out there who may not have taken a look at the Wallpaper page! Well, perhaps tonight you could take a few minutes to view it. I am sure you will find something you like there. There are six new Naval Academy wallpapers: One is of Plebes from the Class of 2005 during their plebe summer, one is of the Chapel taken on Easter last year, one is of USNA baseball (you'll have to take a look to see what I mean), one is of the flag that flies in front of Bancroft, and there are two graphic images - one of Bill the Goat and one of the USNA letters and crest (I designed these using a couple of decals I picked up at the Visitor's Center Gift Shop). Three of these were created from photos that members took while at the Yard. There are also six wallpapers that are made from pictures on the Navy website - photos taken in the fleet that I found particularly interesting or exciting. There is one image of a Marine recruiting poster that a member of our lists sent to me. Thanks, Linnane. Then there are two images that recently appeared on our Photo Gallery pages, taken on the YP cruises this summer. Both are great shots that just screamed to me to make them into wallpaper. I have placed all 15 at the top of the Wallpaper page, under the heading, "Our Newest Wallpapers" so you do not have to search for them among the rest. (But, please, do, take a look at the others!) This brings the total of wallpapers on the page to 81. I have had a great deal of fun creating them, I hope you have had fun using them on your computers. I know that I change MY wallpaper often!! To see them, all you need to do is go to the USNA-Net website: www.usna-net.org and click onto "Wallpaper" from the menu items on the left side of the page. There are instructions on how to use them, there are even instructions for those of you using a Mac!! Hope you like these new ones! Sandi Zets Westlake, OH (jsandi@usna-net.org) Moderator: USNA-Net Webmaster: www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-Net post by: "Sandi Zets" ================================================ Pass on our USNA-Net tradition to the next Class. Tell an '06 Parent about www.USNA-Net.org today! ================================================ From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Mon Aug 5 13:09:41 2002 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g75H9fb27886; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 13:09:41 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (1Cust243.tnt1.cleveland3.oh.da.uu.net [65.238.23.243]) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g75H9cI27873 for ; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 13:09:38 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <06ec01c23ca2$e1d0a0f0$0100a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net A very Nice Game... Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 13:09:37 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... A little while ago, a "strange" message was sent to our USNA-Plebe list which said it was from Roger Slater. Many members have asked about it. Here's the explanation... First of all, it was NOT from Roger. It was from someone who has HIS email address in their address book. While we can't identify the actual person whose computer attempted to send the email, we know it came from someone who is a member of USNA-Plebe AND uses AOL as their service provider. It was sent to all of the addresses in that person's address book because THAT person has a V1RUS infection in their computer. They got the infection by opening an email that was pretty much like the one you saw but it had a V1RUS in an attachment to that email. Now, every time they turn on their computer, it sends out copies of the virus to everyone they ever wrote an email to. AND it forges the return address using an address it selects at random from the infected computer's address book. So..... Everyone on USNA-Plebe received a copy of the message that was forged by a V1RUS under Roger's email address today. BUT NO ONE RECEIVED THE INFECTION FROM US because our software automatically strips attachments from all email being sent to our lists BEFORE they are sent along to our members. Virus infections are carried in executable files which are attached to email by malicious viruses. Just opening an attachment can result in an infection that could destroy your computer! So we stop attachments before they go to the lists. We can't stop viruses which are sent to you directly by an infected computer. YOU should have current antivirus software installed and running at all times on your computer. If your AV software hasn't been updated in the past WEEK, you are at risk. Most AV software updates it information about known viruses about that often and the updates are free over the internet for a year after you purchase the software and renewals are only a few dollars per year after that. It's very inexpensive insurance when you consider that a virus can destroy your computer and turn it into a very expensive paper weight. So no harm was done. Our listserver software functioned exactly as it was supposed to. A WORD OF WARNING... Other groups providing list services like ours DO NOT have such protection in place. You are at risk of infection from ATTACHMENTS which their list WILL pass along and from Rich Text Email (which can have malicious scripts embedded INSIDE THE ACTUAL EMAIL). Just reading such Rich Text Email can result in an infection without even opening any attachments. Get and use Antivirus software TODAY and every day. Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@USNA-Net.org Moderator - USNA-Net Listservers SysOp - www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ================================================ Pass on our USNA-Net tradition to the next Class. Tell an '06 Parent about www.USNA-Net.org today! ================================================ From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Tue Aug 13 00:17:33 2002 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g7D4HX899572; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 00:17:33 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (1Cust104.tnt2.cleveland3.oh.da.uu.net [65.238.69.104]) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g7D4HVm99564 for ; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 00:17:31 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <38f9e01c24280$59008a90$0100a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net HOAX !!! Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 00:17:32 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... The V1RUS that was warned about IS A HOAX. DO NOT TAKE THIS FILE OUT OF YOUR COMPUTER !!! It is necessary for the proper operation of your Windows Operating System. DISREGARD THE WARNING !!! SysOp www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ================================================ Pass on our USNA-Net tradition to the next Class. Tell an '06 Parent about www.USNA-Net.org today! ================================================ From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Sun Aug 18 11:21:21 2002 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g7IFLLb23232; Sun, 18 Aug 2002 11:21:21 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (1Cust46.tnt3.cleveland3.oh.da.uu.net [65.238.96.46]) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g7IFLJR23223 for ; Sun, 18 Aug 2002 11:21:19 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net Reminder... Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 11:21:24 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... A reminder may be appropriate from time to time that our lists are all about "Advice and Support" and are not intended to serve as an announcement medium for "Breaking News" stories or rumors of things alleged to have happened on the Yard. When you become aware of anything which involves a Midshipman which could even possibly be construed as Breaking News or gossip, we ask that you check first with the Moderators and NEVER post anything like this to the lists. We all have a responsibility to USNA and to the parents of Midshipmen who are our members to exercise restraint and good judgment in all such matters. Our Rules of Operation are very specific about this sort of thing. They say... "3.) Positive Content ONLY Reports of Negative Incidents or "Fast Breaking News Stories" concerning any Midshipman or the USNA are prohibited. The potential harm to Midshipmen, the USNA and this Listserver from such "tabloid" type messages could be substantial." and "7.) Rights to Privacy A Midshipman's and his/her family's right to privacy are paramount and should be considered prior to ANY reference in a message, especially, in the case of a death, serious medical or personal situation involving a Midshipman or his/her family." Thank you for taking the time to read and understand these very important Rules. Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@USNA-Net.org Moderator - USNA-Net Listservers SysOp - www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ================================================ Pass on our USNA-Net tradition to the next Class. Tell an '06 Parent about www.USNA-Net.org today! ================================================ From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Sun Aug 18 14:31:10 2002 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g7IIVA739874; Sun, 18 Aug 2002 14:31:10 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (1Cust46.tnt3.cleveland3.oh.da.uu.net [65.238.96.46]) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g7IIV8F39868 for ; Sun, 18 Aug 2002 14:31:09 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net With deep regrets and our sincerest sympathy. Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 14:31:14 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... We have just received the following from USNA.... Please limit your correspondence on this tragedy to our USNA-Prayer list at... USNA-Prayer@USNA-Net.org Midshipman 2/C Ruggiero's Parents are not members of USNA-Net. Our deepest sympathy and sincerest condolences go to his family and friends at this time. --------------Official Announcement------------------ 08/18/2002 We regret to inform the Naval Academy family that Midshipman Second Class John Paul Ruggiero, of Gouldsboro, PA was found dead this morning of an apparent accidental fall from his fourth floor room in Bancroft Hall. His next of kin have been notified and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service is investigating. Commandant of Midshipman Colonel John Allen said, "Midshipman Ruggiero's death is a great loss to the Brigade. J.P. was an excellent student and valued member of the Brigade. We offer condolences and our thoughts and prayers are with John's family and friends in this time of sorrow." -----------------End of Announcement----------------- Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@USNA-Net.org Moderator - USNA-Net Listservers SysOp - www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ================================================ Pass on our USNA-Net tradition to the next Class. Tell an '06 Parent about www.USNA-Net.org today! ================================================ From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Fri Aug 23 14:23:58 2002 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g7NINwP78712; Fri, 23 Aug 2002 14:23:58 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (1Cust81.tnt2.cleveland3.oh.da.uu.net [65.238.69.81]) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g7NINu378698 for ; Fri, 23 Aug 2002 14:23:56 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <029a01c24ad2$422035f0$0100a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net FUNNY LITTLE MESSAGES and other such stuff... Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 14:24:00 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... It's time again to beg all of our members to get, install and keep updated AntiV irus Software (AVS) for their computers. Why? Because right now there are at least a DOZEN of our 2,500 members who are CURRENTLY infected with the "Sexy HaHaHa Funny - Snow White" and one or more variations of Klez Vi rus. All of which arrive at your computer via email from a friend or someone you actually might know. The Funny Little Email Messages which transmit these Vi ruses are sometimes short or appear to be empty of any message but ALL of them come with at least one or more attachments or embedded files. The Klez Vi rus shows up as an email from someone you know. It has an innocent looking attachment which doesn't appear to do anything when you attempt to look at it. But if you opened that attachment, your computer is infected and is already sending out copies of the infection to EVERYONE in your address book under the name of some poor innocent person it also found at random in your address book. It is almost impossible to figure out WHO really sent it since only the domain of the sender is truly identified. The identity of the sender is faked to be someone in the infected computer's address book. I get a dozen such infected emails EVERY DAY from members who have my name in their address book. Every time they sign on to the Internet, I get another copy of the virus because they are still infected and every time their computer connects to the Internet, it send out another copy of the virus to everyone in that address book. Occasionally, our lists receive them, as well, because the infected person has the list's address in their address book. Fortunately, at USNA-Net, our servers CANNOT pass imbedded images or attachments to list members via email to our lists. Our automated filters remove ALL such potentially deadly things from your USNA-Net email before it is transmitted to our lists. You will NEVER receive ANY attachment or imbedded image or file in ANY message you receive from our USNA-Net lists. This is exactly how viruses are transmitted via email and USNA-Net removes ALL files, maps, images, stationary and such from ALL of our USNA-Net email BEFORE it is sent to our membership. It is only email with attachments or imbedded graphics or executable files which can pass on viruses and which you MUST be constantly on the lookout against. If you receive email with internal graphics or files attached, remember, without AVS in place, these imbedded graphics or attachments could be viruses in disguise. This message is to remind ALL of you to check your computer today for viruses. Unless your AVS is less than a couple of weeks old, you could be infected and spreading stuff to others. This week we received infected files from members who use the following Internet Service Providers... AOL.com Earthlink.com cv.net verison.net netzero.net msn.com swbell.net mindspring.net prodigy.net voyager.net Even if you do not use one of these Internet Service Providers, it is still possible that you have an infection. Please get and use AV software today. Let's wipe out virus infections among USNA-Net members THIS WEEK. We can do it if each of you seriously looks at your own computer and makes sure that it is clean. It a lot easier to wipe out an infection on your computer BEFORE it wipes out your hard drive and costs you hundreds or thousands of dollars to replace software and hardware that is eventually destroyed by the virus. It's only a matter of time until a virus strikes at YOUR computer. Will you be safe? Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@USNA-Net.org Moderator - USNA-Net Listservers SysOp - www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ================================================ Pass on our USNA-Net tradition to the next Class. Tell an '06 Parent about www.USNA-Net.org today! ================================================ From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Sun Aug 25 12:03:51 2002 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g7PG3pn37302; Sun, 25 Aug 2002 12:03:51 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (1Cust110.tnt1.cleveland3.oh.da.uu.net [65.238.23.110]) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g7PG3mf37292 for ; Sun, 25 Aug 2002 12:03:48 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <034501c24c51$0592bd80$0100a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net USNA-Net Membership Numbers - Update Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 12:03:43 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... This morning, as I do every Sunday, I updated the Membership numbers which are reported on the Web Site at www.USNA-Net.org. It was interesting to note that we now have as many '06 members as we do '05 members. We have finally achieved the same membership levels with the new class as we had last year for the biggest Class of Parents thus far. Here are all the Membership numbers by Class... Class Members 99 13 00 38 01 59 02 169 03 405 04 529 05 635 06 634 And here are the Membership numbers for the various lists... usna-net 2,516 usna-family 2,469 usna-plebe 1,459 usna-sports 1,383 usna-prayer 696 Please note that we now have 634 '06 Parents and 1,459 members on our USNA-Plebe List. That means there are 825 Upper-Class Parents who belong to USNA-Plebe to help answer questions on that list. Out special thanks to all of the Upper-Class parents who have stuck it out on USNA-Plebe to pass on the tradition and their wealth of experience and information. All of these numbers are reported graphically on the web site at the bottom of the main menu on the left of the main page simply by clicking on the "List Membership Totals" link and the individual List Headings: "Net, Plebe, Sports and Prayer." You'll find two different graphs hidden away there for your information, anytime. Our major Plebe Summer growth spurt seems to have come to an end but we will continue to add members all through the Academic Year. Please tell all of the other Parents you meet to visit our web site and sign up for our FREE service, even now. We will be sharing Advice and Support among our membership all year long. If you haven't told another parent about USNA-Net, make a point to share your experiences with those other members who will still benefit from joining our organization. Have you joined your Local Parents' Club yet? There is still time to join and plenty to do in your local club now that the rigors of Plebe Summer are past us for the Class of 2006. Remember that we will be sharing lots of Sports Talk on USNA-Sports as the AC year begins and the Football Season takes us into all sorts of topics on what to expect and how to make the most of a visit to the Yard on a Football weekend. And of course, all of the discussions about the A/N and Navy-Notre games will be happening on USNA-Sports. If you're not a member of that list, now is the time to request that your name be added so you don't miss out on all of the details on travel and tailgating involved in the two Big Games for our new coach. As always, our organization couldn't have become the valued resource that it is without our members. Post your questions, voice your concerns and share your experiences with your fellow members. Our lists are "What YOU make them!" Share with fellow members via the lists. Private, "Off-Net" communications are always OK but sharing via the lists is what keeps our service alive and vibrant. Send your responses to the lists and if you haven't written in a while, find a moment to share your USNA experiences with all 2,516 members of our wonderful USNA-Net family. Go Navy - Beat army! Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@USNA-Net.org Moderator - USNA-Net Listservers SysOp - www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ================================================ Pass on our USNA-Net tradition to the next Class. Tell an '06 Parent about www.USNA-Net.org today! ================================================ From owner-usna-net@usna-net.org Sat Aug 31 12:53:30 2002 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g7VGrUj77943; Sat, 31 Aug 2002 12:53:30 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-net@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (1Cust154.tnt3.cleveland3.oh.da.uu.net [65.238.96.154]) by usna-net.org (8.11.6) id g7VGrRm77932 for ; Sat, 31 Aug 2002 12:53:27 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <028201c2510e$f5da4670$0100a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-net Things to think about... Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 12:53:40 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-usna-net@usna-net.org A special message from your Moderators... It's time again to remind our members that all of you should be using up-to-date AntiV1RUS software on your computers. That is your first line of defense against infection via email attachments. Secondly, you should make it a habit to NEVER open an attachment to email, even from people you know, unless you are absolutely certain that the attachment contains something you are expecting and is from a trusted source in an email which tells you what the attachment contains, like pictures or documents and such. Email borne V1RUSES are getting smaller and more prolific. We routinely receive as many as 6 to 10 per day at USNA-Net addressed to our lists or to us personally, since we are in so many address books of so many parents around the world. Our USNA-Net lists constantly monitor our lists' emails for ALL attachments and remove them before any message is sent to our lists. But we want our members to be aware that all email listservers do NOT have such software in place. They rely upon limiting the size of attachments to prevent a member of their list from spreading a V1RUS to other members because up until now, most V1RUSES were fairly large sized files and were easily stopped. The latest, ultra small virus (Badtrans.a) is only 13,312 bytes in length. This is so small that it is possible for this V1RUS to be passed on by other listservers to every one of their members just as easily as small graphical images, maps and other such pictures which may be sent regularly to the list by a few of their members. If you have ever received a message from a list which included a small picture or icon in the message, just remember that it could have been a V1RUS just as easily as that picture and you could have been infected that quickly. On all of our USNA-Net lists, ALL attachments (even those of only a few bytes in size) are removed from our messages before they are sent to the lists. You will never see Rich Text Messages with BOLD type or colored backgrounds or messages which include small graphical images or icons on our lists. ALL of this material is stripped before it is sent to you to protect you from possible infection by an ultra small V1RUS pretending to be a small picture file. So if you receive an attachment, even from someone you know and trust, be suspicious. If it comes embedded in an email, delete the email AND the attachment before you even open it. And most importantly, make sure that any other list to which you belong strips off ALL attachments to protect you and all of their other members from infection. Lastly, nothing beats having current AV software to protect you. Right now, we know of at least a dozen members of our lists who still thought it couldn't happen to them and are now infected with one or more of these deadly viruses. Every day, they sign on to the internet and their computer sends out hundreds of copies of the infection to every name in their address book. We do all we can at USNA-Net to find and fix these members but nothing can stop a virus in its tracks like current AV software can. Make sure you are safe. Opening just one infected attachment can ruin your computer and make you "persona non grata" with all of the friends and relatives in your address book. And just because you have an AV program doesn't mean you are safe UNLESS you update it regularly - like once every week or two! Be safe. Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@USNA-Net.org Moderator - USNA-Net Listservers SysOp - www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-Net post by: "Mike Zets" ================================================ Pass on our USNA-Net tradition to the next Class. Tell an '06 Parent about www.USNA-Net.org today! ================================================