Virus Safety Checklist

The F-HYPDRR mailing list takes a number of precautions to avoid transmitting a virus to your computer via e-mail. We do not permit attachments to be sent via the mailing list and all e-mails are checked against known virus definitions.

However, e-mail viruses are often transmitted through security flaws in e-mail software which allow viruses to gain access to the address book on your computer and send bogus virus e-mails to everyone in your address book. In order for the virus to activate itself, the recipient of the e-mail must download the attachment in the e-mail and attempt to open it. For these reasons it is important to never download suspicious attachments.

Never download an e-mail attachment that you were not expecting. Even if someone you know sends you an e-mail with an attachment, it may still be a virus. Often viruses infect others by comandeering the addressbooks of infected computers and sending the virus to everyone. This means that an attachment you get from your best friend may contain a virus. When in doubt, double check with the sender to verify the contents of all attachments.

A second precaution which can be extremely beneficial is installing virus protection software on your computer and keeping this software up to date. There are a number of manufacturers of virus software. While we do not recommend any specific software, two of the most popular packages are:

McAfee VirusScan by McAaffee
Norton Antivirus by Symantec

through which virus protection packages exist for both Macintosh and Windows.

If you believe you have received a virus from one of The XLH Network Inc. members or from the F-HYPDRR mailing list itself, please contact us immediately.

Infected computers can usually be disinfected using the same Virus scanning software which detects viruses

Last modified Aug 8, 2007

XLH is also known as X-Linked Hypophosphatemia (sometimes also spelled as hypophosphataemia), X-Linked Hypophosphatemic Rickets, Familial Hypophosphatemia, Vitamin D-Resistant Rickets (VDRR) Rickets and even Genetic Rickets. Its notable characteristics are bowed legs, short stature, poor teeth formation causing spotaneous dental abscesses, and low blood phosphorus levels.

© 2002-2007, The XLH Network Inc.
The authors of this web site are not medical professionals, and this information does not substitute for medical care. Information on these pages is based on biomedical research, published in peer-reviewed journals, and international research conferences. Additionally, in some cases anecdotal information is provided by subscribers of the F-HYPDRR group, a mailing list for The XLH Network Inc. A complete web-site bibliography is available. Please read our full disclaimer.