I got struck by this virus yesterday and learnt more about it from www.symantec.com They had a program for download that removed the offending virus then linked to the Microsoft site to download a patch. If ever I met the person who wrote that virus I would give him/her a piece of my mind about the frustration and time wasted! Charles > ************************************************** ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelist.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************