Folks, something happened to me tonight that I thought I should pass on to illustrate how useful some computer security programs really are. I did a Copernic search for websites that dealt with Eudora (my email program) settings/configuration. I don't know which site did the damage, but it changed my default web browser Start-Up page to a commercial site advertising all kinds of software. Then, every time I opened the web browser, and every time I went to a different website or page, pop-up windows opened all over the place. I almost drove me crazy! After about an hour of trying to configure my AdSubtract to disallow pop-ups for the sites I was visiting, I finally got smart. I realized it wasn't the sites I was visiting that were opening the pop-ups! It had to be "SpyWare". I ran AdAware and found 43 gremlins. One was the one that changed my web browser startup page, no matter if I reconfigured the web browser to start with a page of my choice. The other 42 were dastardly Registry entries that caused the web browser to automatically open pop- up windows for advertisements every time I opened a new website, or a new page on a website. Danged near drove me crazy. Anyway, I deleted those pieces of &*^%$#(%* and things are OK again. Just wanted to send this to illustrate how useful some of these computer security programs/utilities are. If it had happened to you, and you didn't have AdAware or SpyBot, you would have been sorely troubled, and not been able to fix the problem. Please take all the suggestions and recommendations I gave in the original post very seriously. These days it's not just viruses and worms that can cause you problems -- more and more websites are putting crud on their sites that virtually take over your web browser. If it hasn't happened to you yet, you're lucky -- but, it will get you one of these days. Regards, SgtGeorge George W. Durman List Manager -- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 7.0.225 / Virus Database: 262.4.1 - Release Date: 3/9/04