I saved this from another List...This is a really good tip on how to avoid opening viruses and full easy instructions are included below... > >Sorry if you feel this was a waste of the List's time...Please be courteous >to everyone on the List and send me your complaint via Private e-mail - ><giegerg@hotmail.com> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >TAME VBS E-MAIL VIRUSES >You know about the danger of double-clicking on e-mail >attachments--especially VBS files. By just following a few >simple steps, you can block Visual Basic Script (VBS) viruses >from infecting your Windows 95/98/Me system. > >The problem stems from the Windows default action for double >clicking on these files--the "open" command. By changing this >action to "edit" the file will be harmlessly displayed in >Notepad instead of being executed (and infecting your >computer). > >In Windows Me, go to Control Panel, select Folder Options, >and choose the File Types tab. From the displayed files, >select a file with the .vbs extension, and click the Advanced >tab. Next, highlight Edit and select the Set Default button. >(you might also want to repeat the process for files with the >following extensions, too: .js, .jse, .scr, .shs, and .shb). > >In 95/98, start in Explorer and select View, then Folder >Options. Click the File Types tab and scroll through the >displayed list of file types (the details are listed at the >bottom of the window). Scroll to the file with a .vbs >extension and then select Edit, and choose Edit from the >Actions list and click the Default button (repeat the process >for the other extensions listed above). > >If edit isn't listed in the Actions window, select New, type >Edit in the Action window and c:\windows\notepad.exe in the >Application used to perform action window, then click on OK. > >************************************************************** >************************************************************** _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp