Can I get a computer virus from the RootsWeb genealogy mailing lists?
Highly unlikely. Most common computer viruses spread themselves via e-mail as attachments to e-mail messages. The RootsWeb genealogy mailing lists scan for and remove attachments sent into the mailing lists. It is possible that computer viruses that spread by e-mail but do not use attachments to do so may be propagated by RootsWeb mailing lists. Such a method of virus propagation is more complex than using attachments and would likely be e-mail software specific. Because of this, the potential for such a virus is limited. There have been no reports of such a virus using the RootsWeb mailing lists to spread itself. Can another subscriber to the mailing list send me a virus? Yes. While the RootsWeb genealogy mailing lists do not spread computer viruses directly to their subscribers, individual subscribers may infect other subscribers. Some recent computer viruses replicate themselves by sending copies of themselves to anyone the infected person has received an e-mail from. This means tha
