Just a good old fashion non politically correct Merry Christmas to all. I have just downloaded AVG 7 and found 6 infected objects that were not picked up by version 6. So I am glad I spent the time. Lee ----- Original Message ----- From: "alanjstepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2004 7:57 AM Subject: [modeleng] Virus problems. > Can I ask everyone to ensure they have a decent anti-virus programme and > that it is kept up to date. > > I have just had over 30 emails, which contained virus's. > All purported* to come from people involved in the steam / model engineering > field, from which I assume that one of "us", must own the offending machine. > Of course, it may not be anyone actually on this list, but equally, it could > be. > > *Purported as these virus can "sppof" the apparent sender. > > alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > www.alanstepney.info > Model Engineering, Steam Engine, and Railway technical pages. > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.6.3 - Release Date: 21/12/2004 > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.6.3 - Release Date: 21/12/04 MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.