Unless there's been some sudden increase in virus technology, there's no way you can get a computer virus merely by opening an e-mail message -- it has to be downloaded to your hard drive first. Bogus virus alerts are probably more widespread than viruses. Besides, who ever heard of Microsoft actually doing something to *help* PC users? I almost wish a virus would wipe out my copy of Word. Bill Freind On Wed, 3 Jun 1998, Wayne Pounds wrote: > >