Good morning, It's probably inevitable that the snake handler eventually gets bitten himself. :-( One listreader received an infected message from my machine overnight. Based on the manner in which the worm operates, every one of you who has written an email now sitting in my inbox should have received at least one infected message from my machine. With 102 emails in my inbox at the moment, there are far more of you than I can expeditiously warn via private message before I have to leave for work. Symptoms: -- Authentic subject line -- No text in the message -- An underscore preceding the return address Remedy: -- Get offline IMMEDIATELY. As long as you're connected, your machine, if infected, can spew new messages containing the worm to everyone in YOUR inbox. -- Delete the infected messages -- Run your virus scanner and search your entire hard disk, or all of them, if you have a multi-disk system. Let this be a reminder that NONE of us is immune! Keep updating your virus software daily, and keep scanning! Sorry, Chris