Dear Everyone... Yes, there is a particularly nasty virus now floating around.. it is called the Sircam worm virus and it was unleashed upon the world on July 17th. It did not and cannot come through the list. It might come to your Inbox from an unknown return address or from the infected computer of someone who is likely oblivious to the fact that his system has been compromised. Rest assured that the IP mailing list is safe. The Roots Web servers strip any and all attachments. It's a good idea to update your anti-virus program regularly - like twice a month, at least. And it is also good insurance to get a good firewall program. Zone Alarm from ZoneLabs is an excellent one and it is free for personal use. If the person with the infected computer had had a firewall, then the infected emails would not have been sent out.. he'd have had the virus, yes, but they'd not have sent themselves out all over the 'Net. The firewall would have prevented that. http://www.zonelabs.com/ Scroll down to where it says Zone Alarm FREE Download If you have any further questions/comments, please write to me privately. Thanks, all... Susan List Admin.