Are you saying any embedded music can carry a virus? It's not that people are "forced" to listen to the music. They can turn off their sound. In a message dated 5/19/2001 2:01:30 PM Central Daylight Time, RootsWeb-Help-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > What I do NOT understand is the insistence of some people to force > on visitors the music (mplayer.exe). What I have learned - NEVER > trust it! trojan viruses are known to be able to travel in this > manner. There are some sites that make it an option, giving the > visitors a choice of clicking it or not instead of being forced >

yes! (the buzz word is "exe") and embedded music should be voluntary, not the BIG "in your face" message asking me to allow or not allow. My Netscape always carry the warning notice about the viruses that can come with the mplayer.exe David KMTKrause@aol.com wrote: > > Are you saying any embedded music can carry a virus? It's not that people > are "forced" to listen to the music. They can turn off their sound. > > In a message dated 5/19/2001 2:01:30 PM Central Daylight Time, > RootsWeb-Help-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > > What I do NOT understand is the insistence of some people to force > > on visitors the music (mplayer.exe). What I have learned - NEVER > > trust it! trojan viruses are known to be able to travel in this > > manner. There are some sites that make it an option, giving the > > visitors a choice of clicking it or not instead of being forced > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library