Hello, Hallmans, I usually pay no attention to virus warnings as they are so often just hoaxes. But this one came to members of our local computer club from our President, Richard, who is also an instructor at our Verde Valley College. So I know it must be an authentic virus! He said it infected his computer software. Faith Hutchings Your List Hostess If you get an e-mail with the attachement "happy.exe" or "happy99.exe" DO NOT - DO NOT try this attachement. This program will modify critical files in you e-mail programs and attach itself to every outgoing e-mail you sent. The latest versions of McAfee and Norton do not detect this file as a virus. However, you will damage your system software if you open it. I am not reloading all of my software after reformating the Hard Drive to get rid of the problems it caused. Luckely, I had back-ups of all my data and the original disks to replace programs. However, I have been at the reload for 8 Hours and still have another 8 hours to go.