If you are members of several genealogy lists in the State of Virginia, you
will get several copies of this email.  Exercise your right and use the
delete key on the duplicates.

I realize that everyone is fearful of any virus to their computer system and
the possibility of losing their files or their entire database; however,
there are several good websites that you can check before you forward any
"Virus Alerts".

I would like to recommend that EVERYONE add at least one of these sites to
their favorites list so that you can check the validity of such a warning
before you forward the notice.  It doesn't take but a few minutes to check to
see if the warning is real or a hoax, but those few minutes will educate you
and hopefully enable you to inform those persons who are sending the warnings
to you that they are invalid.

< <A HREF="http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html#internetcharge"><CIAC Internet Hoaxes</A>

http://www.datafellows.com/news/hoax.htm

http://www.commandcom.com/virus/virus_hoaxes.html

Thank you for your time.

Pat C. Johns in Virginia