cousins, Please be aware of a new virus called [email protected] It comes in an email message with a zip file. If you have the latest version of McAfee or Norton Anti Virus 8.0 or higher, you should be okay. Just make sure to delete the file and empty the trash folder. Here is the link for more information. http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected] May I also suggest / recommend ... - ZoneAlarm firewall -- the free version works quite well (i.e. it's not necessary to upgrade to the Pro version, though I have done that) http://zonelabs.com - Ad Aware -- free product to remove "spy ware" from your computer http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ download site: http://download.com.com/3000-2094-10045910.html?legacy=cnet - either ePrompter or MailWasher Pro to preview email before receiving it. ePrompter is free, as is the limited version of MailWasher. I use both and have the Pro version of MailWasher which allows blacklisting and bouncing email before it is read from the server. ePrompter - http://www.eprompter.com/ MailWasher - http://www.mailwasher.net/ http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,20000,00.asp Tom Cloud List Administrator