There nothing to be added to Wilene's wonderful explanation. I've had the same things happen to me, and have heard reports from others. In a truly enlightened society virus writers would be tortured and executed publicly. They do much damage to our on-line economy and to the level of trust that builds among computer users. Netscape will permit you to look at the complete header. The reply-to address can be specified to be anyone at all. Most of my virus attacks have been from addresses ending in .RU, where they may be less sophisticated. I did have some from AOL and Verizon, but that seems to be ended. One additional thing to keep in mind is that it is possible that some aparent viruses are really marketing tools. Some of us recieve a virus, and immediately reply to the sender to inform them of their virus 9we don't open anything, and we delete it all). The reply-to address may easily be a marketing agency that collects the replies and assembles them into lists for sale. Does this happen? I don't know. I do know that I keep very good track of unsolicted e-mail, and after I dutifully told a few senders of their viruses, my inbox was filled with offers. Michael ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.