A number of Listers (73 to date) have written to me concerning meassages sent containing a virus. In all cases where the person is another Lister I've followed it up and found all systems to be clear. The main thing about these Multi Mailer viruses is that they spoof addresses ie. they take all addresses from an infected persons address book, then carry out a mailing using spoofed addresses. DON'T post to the lists saying that so and so has sent me a virus, they most probably haven't. You can't "catch" a virus from mail sent by Rootsweb, everything is plain text only You've paid all that cash for a shiny new computer and then won't use AV software because of the cost. Chances are that you won't be using it for too long! Next is mail delays amd slow web pages. The Worlds mail is delayed at present due to a worm that has attacked Microsoft SQL servers. You may find that replies appear before questions depending on where you are and which ISP you are using. More details are at :- http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/01/25/internet.attack/index.html My own ISP (Blueyonder) has posted the following statement :- Timestamp : 25 Jan, 2003 13:13 Name : xxxxxxxxxx Department : Problem Management Detailed Description : At the present time there is a general exploit taking place on the Internet, affecting all ISPs globally. This is resulting in a heavy traffic load, causing slow connectivity to many Internet sites/services. The industry is currently investigating the nature of this, and discussing appropriate measures. For more information please refer to http://www.cnn.com/TECH DO NOT add to this discussion on-list. If anything untoward happens, I will keep you all up to date. Dave Lisowner Staffordshire, Black Country Potteries etc.,