Dear Barb and Cousins on the List, I think you have touched on what is the center, or at least the first means of these viruses. They attach themselves to our computers through sites that compile e-mail lists. Many of the so-called dot com sites are set up as nothing more than as a means of acquiring e-mail addresses. I find myself "subscribed" to one for cheery greetings and smiles because of well meaning friends. Well, like Barb, I love my friends sending me loving greetings, and jokes. But I believe these type sites are the problem. On the other hand, Blue Mountain Cards has never put me on a list. Ancestry, now the biggest genealogical resource provider (they own Rootsweb, our host) seems to have put me on the list of some of their subscribers. Attachments can't be sent through Rootsweb, so it is not the list that is infected but those of us who communicate with one another. I haven't been able to tell precisely, but it appears that not just my address list but persons I've merely received e-mail from have gotten the infected attachment sent by the virus. It's hard to discourage loving connection from friends, because that's what we want to foster. I guess we could suggest to friends that they simply refer to a site instead of sending an attachment. And if we are sending legitimate attachments, to alert the recipient before sending any. This has taught me a lesson about the cunning of the people who create these things. Love, Your Cousin, Carolyn Carolyn McDaniel cmacdee@teleport.com ========================================= --- Visit American Crossroads --- http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~amxroads