Hello There is a bad virus doing the rounds. Do not open any attachments, and I recommend a good Anti virus program. It will collect unread messages and send out virus laden email with that persons name on it, so it isn't the person whose name is on the email that has the virus necessarily. RE: BADTRANS virus---click onto the following site for some very good information. http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/pf/w32.badtrans.13312@mm.html