The following was posted by John Merz, listowner of the QUEBEC list, with many thanks:- As I warned my subscribers yesterday afternoon about this miserable virus (hopefully in time), the news goes around the world on TV and in Newspaper headlines of the devastating effect this worm has had. We have to thank our Rootsweb organization which has never allowed the use of attachments on our mailing lists, and I know that many of you did not understand the reason. This has kept our mail lists free of virus contamination. Now I hope you do understand!! This is what the Hamilton Spectator has to say this morning: "E-mail attachments: If you've ever received a photo or a spreadsheet or even a word processing file attached to an e-mail, you know attachments are a common way of transferring information these days. My advise to you is to avoid attachments completely. I know that's an inconvenience. But since many viruses replicate themselves by infecting a computer, then send the virus on to everyone in that computer's address book, you can't trust an e-mail attachment from anyone, not even your mom." That tells it, and once again, no discussions regarding viruses over this list, if there is a problem, talk to your computer expert, not to us. Regards, John Merz, listowner (QUEBEC-L@rootsweb.com). ========================================== Another problem I have encountered, even on Rootsweb lists, are the little "identity cards" which show up as attachments. I disabled mine, by simply clicking where there was a "tick". Muriel M. Davidson <davidson3542@home.com>