July 14, 2004 Microsoft released five more critical patches last night. These block virus and hackers. If you use the Microsoft browser, open your IE browser, select Tools, select Windows Update, and click Scan for Updates, and then download the critical patches. Mozilla joined the game: the Mozilla Firefox browser also released a critical patch to block hackers. For more, see http://www.mozilla.org/security/shell.html If you're using Mozilla Firebird, you can also upgrade to Mozilla Firefox. yrs, andreas www.andreas.com