I am going to be a pretty bad and mad listowner right now. Like a school teacher ,I have to scold everyone in hopes the guilty people will become aware of their faults. I have been at the hospital most of the time since last Friday with my husband who has had a triple by-pass surgery, I am tired and irritable. When I got home to rest a minute at my computer, I received over 300 email. I also received 9 copies of the BadTrans virus. These are from various members who belong to one of my lists to whom I am sending this email. I can't believe that there are those of you who do not know to protect your computer with a good anti virus program. There are numerous one's available that cost less than $60. I have two running on my machine. I can't believe that there are those of you who open an attachments when you don't know if you are opening a virus or not. This virus is running rampant and seems to be infecting many people's computers because their own ignorance . If you will not protect yourself and your computer and your friends who have to get your infected mail then maybe you should install Netscape or some other mail program than Microsoft. These things seem to be aimed at OutLook express. I am sorry that I feel I have to send this email. If you are not guilty of any offence then delete this and forget I sent it. If you are not sure, check your machine. If you have the virus it wasn't an accident you got it. What will you do when a really bad one comes along that will fry your computer? Mary Harkey Russell bird@scrtc.com