Penny gives some good advice. Luckily she got hit with one of the more harmless, yet annoying, email virus's going around. Most people dont even know they have it...until a freind receives two emails, instead of the one that was sent. It is not reported to damage the user's system, just add itself to all outgoing e-mail's (unknown to the sender). While this virus, or worm as it is known, is fairly harmless, the vast majority of virus' are nasty and will do many things to your system. There are thousand's of virus' out there that do everything from crashing a system (permanently) to planting a worm inside your computer, allowing other's access to your private records. It is wise to follow Penny's advice and not open any attachment with an exe. command. While many are harmless, are you willing to risk your entire computer, and everything on your hard drive, for a funny cartoon? If someone sends you an attachment, even your best friend or relative, download it to a disk thru your A drive, and then virus scan before opening. If the file is over 1.4 mb, ask them to zip it and resend it. If its an exe file, ask them what it is. Most every harmless exe cartoon, or what not ut there, is on the net somewhere... so if you just have to see it, search for it. If you can not afford a virus scan, there are free one's available. I use InoculateT Personal Edition, which is free and has updates you can download. Until a file is in your hard drive, your fairly safe. Opening an exe. file gives that file access to your hard drive. Downloading anything to your C drive..is your hard drive. And one other thing... please back up your important files. What would you most miss if your house burnt down tomorrow? Probably, like most people that have had this horrifying experience, the only thing they can't ever replace - the family pictures. So...I recommend you take all your photo negatives to a bank safe deposit box. Same thing on your computer...back up what you can't replace. It's very inexpensive insurance. (there are even now sites you can upload your personal files to on the net - protected by a password - www.xoom.com has one, and I an sure there are others) Sorry for the soap box - just hate to see innocent hard working people hurt by jerks!! And thank you for sharing Penny. David Displaced SW Missourian in Orlando, FL