<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Owen,     FWIW may i suggest that you make an entry in your address book to read something like (!000) and then in the description and or e-mail address section just put in bogus information. This will make it impossible for bad programs to send viruses or spam or whatever to your whole address book. It works because (!000) shows up first in your address book's alpha numeric listing. Since this is the first address they will try to send to and the rest of the info is bogus the blanket mailing will fail at the first one and give you a pop up message allowing you to catch the rest of them before they go out. I hope this helps. Greg P.S. I hate Microsoft! "Owen J. Greyling RPT" wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE><style></style> Hello Gentlemen and Ladies on the list, I humbly ask your apologies for the virus of last evening. I'm extremely sorry if I have caused any of you grief. I did not actually send out any of the mail that so many of you received. The worm BADTRANS.B virus seems to have the capability to email everyone in the Contacts list of a computer that it infects. When I downloaded my mail at just past 5:00pm Monday, 25, included was an email from Nick Gravagne that I was expecting concerning the action geometry program that he has advertised in the Journal. Just as I eagerly opened the first attatchment, it dawned on me that there was nothing in the body of the email message.  It was already to late. I got on the phone immediately and got the problem fixed by noon Tuesday. I kept Outlook Express closed till I was sure the problem was solved. I have tried to call Nick and let him know, but his message says he is away till the 28th. if anybody knows how to contact him before then, I'm sure that he would appreciate it. I had just purchased a brand new system six weeks ago with Windows XP. Norton AntiVirus / Personal Firewall 2001 came with the computer.  My computer guru tells me this morning that Norton and Windows XP have a few issues with one another. Anyway I installed 'Inoculate It'' from Computer Associates, and then even had to download an upgrade from the net to get it to work. Anyway it's fixed and I can hopefully get back to piano work. Once again, my sincere apologies,  Owen  </blockquote> -- Greg Newell <A HREF="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net">mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net</A>   </body> </html>