I just wanted to say that it is very true that the person who is infected with this virus probably does NOT even know that they have it. (But they should SOON when their computer starts acting up.) What happens is when you "open" the attachment, it infects YOUR computer and begins sending itself out to every unread message in your inbox. (So you can be away from home for a while, and if you computer is on-line and receiving mail the virus will be infecting every piece of mail that comes in). What the virus does to convince you to open it, is to include a portion of the post that you sent to the infected person (or to your mailing list and THAT went to the person). When you recognize your own post, you think the attachment is legit and that the sender has actually sent something to you. If the only message you recieve in a returned message is "take a look to the attachment" - you should be curious. Most people would say more to you than that. The difficult thing about this virus (actually I THINK it's a trojan or worm) is that it can spread like wildfire on Mailing List. Because every time someone posts a message to the mailing list it goes to EVERY one on the list. If a person on the list is infected - when your message goes into their inbox, you get the virus sent to you (I should be receiving it shortly after sending this). Each person who has sent a message today should shortly get portion of their message back with the attachment on it (or some time soon - whenever it is collected by the infected person's inbox). The GOOD thing about it is, the infected person's name appears in the "sender" box. If you receive the attachment message it might be a good idea to let that person (or the list, whatever) know WHO you got it from. Then the person can correct the problem. There is free virus scan on-line (by Trend I think) that you can run on your computer simply by going to the website and opting to have your computer scanned. It will let you know if you have it and either provide a "fix" for it, or give you instructions for removing it yourself. Better get to it right away though, cause I've never spoken again to anyone who has gotten the virus and I don't know for sure just how much damage it does. I only know that that person is usually "off-line" for some time afterwards. Good luck everyone! Don't open any attachment that you don't know the sender of and don't know are being sent to you (even if you know the sender is you own mother - SHE may not even know she is sending you something LOL - so be sure it is something you have spoken about and KNOW is being sent.) PamT