Dee, you are right, I am sure it is a virus. I have seen that same format several times the last week and it set off my Nortons virus alarm. You should delete it. I would also recommend you get a good virus program and you have to keep it updated every week by downloading the latest from the vendor's web site. George. At 10:05 PM 4/27/01 -0400, you wrote: >I wrote a request regarding a lookup and got my email back with >nothing written as an answer, > > but it came from Elaine Lo Bianco with an attachment entitled > >Humor.TXT.pif > > >Would anyone ever open an attachment entitled this in answer to a >legitimate query without being suspicious that it is a virus? > >I'm certainly not going to open it. I hope others are as wary as I am >about this sort of thing. > >Dee. > > >==== WV-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== >Genealogy: Search long enough and everyone connects somehow.... > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com