I know this is off topic, but this is very important. This virus propagates similar to the Melissa virus through Microsoft Outlook, but to more people in the address book. You need to know about this virus even if you do not use Microsoft Outlook because you can receive the message from someone who does use Outlook and if you receive the e-mail and open the attachment, it damages /replaces files on your computer. Rootsweb lists will not send attachments so at least you do not have to worry about that, but be careful out there! This is so very not a hoax that the traffic is so high to both Mcafee and Norton antivirus sites that I can not download the fixes! see details below Lee Ann Hollenbeck, List administrator ========================================================= ILOVEYOU Risk of Infection? Low Medium High How Dangerous? Detected on? 5/4/2000 How Do I Detect, Prevent, and Fix It? If you receive an email with the subject line ILOVEYOU, do not open the attachment; delete the entire message from your system. In general, you should never open any email attachment without first scanning it with an antivirus program. A fix for this virus will be available soon. If your system gets infected, delete any infected files that you find. For ongoing protection, install an anti-virus program to prevent viruses from infecting your system. A good anti-virus program will scan all vulnerable parts of your system quietly in the background and detect, repair, and delete known viruses; it will even alert you to virus-like activity in case an unknown virus creeps on to your system. Try one of ZDNet Downloads' top-rated anti-virus programs, or check out our Anti-virus ABCs toolkit for specific recommendations. Next, update your anti-virus software at least once a month with the latest virus definitions (signatures), so that your anti-virus program can detect the newest viruses. ZDNet Downloads has the latest Norton AntiVirus definitions and McAfee VirusScan definitions. If your anti-virus program detects a virus on your system, repair or delete the file, following the program's directions. What Exactly Is It? ILOVEYOU (VBS.LoveLetter.A) is an VBScript worm, mIRC worm, and file infector. How Does It Spread? ILOVEYOU spreads through email. It arrives as an attachment to an email message from someone whose address book contains your email address. The subject line is "ILOVEYOU", and the attachment is titled "LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs." When you open (click on) the attachment, it automatically mails itself to every address in your Microsoft Outlook address book. What Does It Do? When executed, ILOVEYOU installs itself in your system and mails itself to all the addresses registered in your Microsoft Outlook address book. This can degrade your system performance and clog mail servers. The virus also purportedly infects files with the following extensions: vbs, vbe, js, jse, css, wsh, sct, hta, jpg, jpeg, mp3, and mp2.