Once again it appears that those with nothing better to do have struck. It looks like my days of reassuring people with "you can't get viruses by just opening your e-mail" are over! :-( For those of you computer gurus out there, you are probably already aware of this. If you run MS Outlook Express on anything but NT, it appears you had better be careful. This worm sounds like it could be pretty nasty... Here's an article on a patch that blocks the virus and gives more information if you are interested: http://www.looksmart.com/r?lt&iee&panel=news{day=Wed{cat=TopStories{art=wed/cn/Aseinfeld-computer-virus.R-ZR_9N9{colorAseinfeld-computer-virus.R-ZR_9N9=FFFFFF Take care! Mary K. -- Mary Kathryn Kozy mkozy@attglobal.net My Home Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~marykozy/ South King Co. Gene. Soc. page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~waskcgs/ Dougherty Co., GA USGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gadoughe/ Monroe Co., GA USGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gamonroe/ Lawrence Co., IL USGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illawren/