> To reiterate: > 1. You CAN _NOT_ get a virus from opening an email; only from opening > its attachment, if it has one. CORRECTION! The Kak Virus has the capability to infect you just by downloading a message with it attached! You will NOT know it is there! I have been sent the Kak numerous times and I have never been infected because I have my internet security options set to prompt before running active-x controls. When I get an e-mail message that tries to run an active-x control I click on "no" and the virus is unable to launch itself. ANY e-mail message trying to run an active-x control is a no-no! There is no paper clip icon and no way of knowing it is there unless your virus scanner checks mail downloads (most do not) or you have security set to prompt before running active-x, as I do. My boss got the virus from one person who unknowingly sent it to me. He did not have the settings as I did and his virus scanner did not catch it and his computer was infected. When I e-mail back to the people who send it to me they are quite surprised to be told they have it. This is the only one I know of so far that does this. Cathy Palmer, Alaska