Yesterday I had to go to F-Secure's European mirror site to access the site. Included in their list of disinfection instructions is the below patch.I downloaded it but I'm not going to test it out.<g> I spend a lot of time on email and looking for things on the Web. I need all the protection I can get. ***************** <A HREF="ftp://ftp.europe.f-secure.com/anti-virus/tools/bt_b_dis.reg">F-Secure Computer Virus Information Pages: BadTrans.B Disinfection Instructions</A> ftp://ftp.europe.f-secure.com/anti-virus/tools/bt_b_dis.reg 4. Download and run F-Secure's special patch file that disables starting of Badtrans.b worm when Windows runs: <A HREF="ftp://ftp.europe.f-secure.com/anti-virus/tools/bt_b_dis.reg">ftp://ftp.europe.f-secure.com/anti-virus/tools/bt_b_dis.reg</A> When you click on this link your web browser will ask you if you want to open it or save it to disk. Select 'Open' option and click 'Ok' button. ************ You might also want to consider downloading and installing ZoneAlarm, a personal firewall protection system. There is a free version and a pro version. The free version is supposed to be able to stop the Bad-Trans.B virus, although I just received an infected message from someone with both ZoneAlarm and AVG anti-virus software. ZoneAlarm is highly rated by the various sites I've been to. The free download is after the ZoneAlarm Pro. <A HREF="http://www.zonelabs.com/">Zone Labs, Internet security products, online safety, software, protection</A> http://www.zonelabs.com/ The next two links are to About.com's site. There is a lot of information and links there. <A HREF="http://antivirus.about.com/library/reviews/winscan/aatpavwin.htm">Top Picks</A> - Anti-Virus Software http://antivirus.about.com/library/reviews/winscan/aatpavwin.htm <A HREF="http://antivirus.about.com/library/reviews/winscan/aatpavwin.htm">Top Picks</A> - Top 3 Anti-Virus Add-ons. http://antivirus.about.com/library/reviews/winscan/aatpavwin.htm If you are interested in testing your firewall for leakage the URL to a test is below. The man running the site says the only personal firewall that passed his test was ZoneAlarm, both the free and the pro versions. He definately does not like Black Ice. <A HREF="http://grc.com/lt/leaktest.htm">LeakTest -- Firewall Leakage Tester</A> http://grc.com/lt/leaktest.htm Hope this helps a little bit. Linda Bee