> I will no longer open an attachment without being dead certain it is safe, > and if there are no warnings, this appears to be my only defense. Certain attacments are safe, but the ONLY three I open are jpg gif txt (note, beware "double extesions" safename.jpg.exe!) > Is there something I'm missing about "DO NOT POST 'virus warnings'"? Yes, read Chandler's post. Alternatively, follow the common advice of "use google first". It took 30 sec to establish that yesterday's hoax was a hoax simply by going to Sophos (or Panda, or Trend, or Norton, or ..........) and reading what the experts had to say about it. That 30 sec is time well spent if it saves me passing on an uninformed warning to several hundred addresses in my address book ... who would have to pass it on to several hundred ... who each would have to pass -> By the end of the week my warnings are coming back from thousands ... that's how "hoax viruses" propagate! Please though, don't take my word as gospel. Just go to one virus page and read what the experts have to say ... http://www.pandasoftware.com/library/hoax.htm http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html http://vil.mcafee.com/hoax.asp http://www.f-secure.com/virus-info/hoax/ http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/hoaxes/hoax.asp http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/ Bob
