Folks, you're going to hear this from me quite often from now on. I've decided that the only way to stop users from getting infections on their systems (viruses, worms, trojans) is to constantly warn everyone not to open attachments. So here it is: DO NOT, REPEAT, DO NOT, OPEN ATTACHMENTS TO EMAILS!!!!! (Until you follow the instructions below.) The latest trend in infections is to make the attached files look like they came from a trusted user. Plus, the (*$#&($#* virus/worm/trojan writers are making the infected emails look like they are replies to previously posted emails on Mailing Lists. NEVER, open an attachment, even if you have an Anti-Virus (AV) program installed, and think you have it configured properly, until you perform the following security steps: BEFORE, you open an attachment, update your AV program with the latest virus definition files (DAT files). Then, MANUALLY, run the AV program on the attached file(s). If the attachment is an executable file, e.g., .EXE, .BAT, .COM, .PIF, .SCR, .VB, .VBE, .VBS, etc., DO NOT RUN IT. If it is a document type file, e.g., .DOC, .TXT, etc., view it in a text reader, such as NotePad. Make sure it IS only a text file. DO NOT OPEN EMAIL ATTACHED FILES !!!!! If you're not a "pro" at this virus-thing, it's better to delete an unknown file than to infect your system. SgtGeorge At 09:01 AM 04/27/2001, JANET FLEMMING wrote: *********START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********* >Yeah...I opened the attachment ..I learned the hard way too!. Because I >had emailed about genealogy and got a letter back with an attach and the >statement ....look at the attachment....I did so thinking it was some >information for me. I just assumed that the sender was replying to my >email. When ERROR! came up I emailed back to find out what she had >sent....it turns out that she did not send anything hence I got the Bad >Trans trojan......I had a friend come in and he said he disabled the virus >(snip) **********END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT**********