Oh goody, here we go again. A word of caution, this post ONLY please: A new version of the ever-popular BadTrans virus hit the stands on the 24th and since I have been pelted by this thing since day one, sooner or later y'all will be too. It's spreading like wildfire since it uses some HTML features of email. BE EXTREMELY WARY OF ANY ATTACHMENTS TO EMAILS. DO NOT OPEN ATTACHMENTS sent to you by folks with an email address that begins with <_ no matter who it is. These things come with an ordinary name but the From: shows an address which begins with an underscore. Example Mary Lou Good <_marylou@isp.com> The attachment is about 40k and all that I've seen have that double extension thing as the file name; example: file.MP3.scr If you receive an email with this list in the subject, please do NOT write to the list and give the person's name and email address, write to me. I will unsub them and let them know they have the virus/worm. I will then wait until they clean their computer before letting them back on the list. (Sorry.) Here's what Symantec/Norton has to say about this one: <http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.badtrans.b@mm.html> McAfee and other AV software vendors will likely have similar info and provide free updates for your virus definition files (.DAT) which you can download. In addition to updating your anti-virus software, I highly recommend that you turn OFF the HTML feature on your email and set it for TEXT ONLY. Victoria