Virus Problem

[Brian MacWhinney]

Dear Info-CHILDES,
  Sorry about the virus in the attachment to Dorit Ravid's email posting.
I don't intercept mail messages.  The only way to block this sort of thing
would be to reject all messages with attachments.
   The message was posted Monday morning and included an attachment.  My
guess is that most people did not extract the attachment since the essence
of the message was contained in the main text-only message.  It was an
announcement of a position in Communication Disorders at the Tel-Aviv
University.
  From the info and removal instructions at
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2000020318071406
it appears that this virus is only spread through the use of Outlook
Express as your mailer.  It only affects Windows 95/98.
  Anthony Aristar has removed the virus from the archives of Info-CHILDES.
He is also searching for it on other lists in case it gets posted there.
It appears that the message will not be included in the digests of
info-childes for this week, since messages with attachments are excluded
from the digest.
  If people wish, I could set on option on info-childes to exclude
attachments.  However, I hate to block this facility just because Outlook
Express has these security problems.  Please send me your recommendations
on this issue (macw at cmu.edu) if you have strong feelings either way.

--Brian MacWhinney