Diana -- Opening the attachment was the mistake. There is no way a virus can be transferred to your computer simply by READING an e-mail as so many of these panic-attack warnings allege. Only by "inviting" the virus onto your computer -- by opening the attachment -- can the virus be transferred. NEVER download or open an unidentified attachment. What anti-virus program are you running? Dean Sliger Ferndale, MI deanslgr@kode.net