Thanks, Robert, and others too. My suspicions were justified, then. I'm not surprised. I guess that the reason it was not intercepted was because, as you say, the actual virus is embedded in what is subsequently downloaded? Thanks everyone. Rick H Robert Carneal wrote: >Friends here opened it, and the reason it does not look like a virus is >because it isn't one, YET. It took them to an Internet site where a file >was autodownloaded for them, and that contained the blasted virus. One lady >pulled the telephone cord out, but it downloaded too fast. She got it. Just >delete it. > >Robert > > > > To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk