It is a zip bomb which unpacks thousand of files to random directories on your drive and then sends itself to everyone in your address books. I do not know of a solution yet but there probably is one. I can't help but pointing out if you were using linux this couldn't happen to you! Kirk -- Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario phone: (519) 661-3061