Hey there! This sounds like something along the lines of the "Good Times Virus" a while back...which was nothing but a hoax. I've got a very good book written by Clay Shirky who is the Vice President of the Society for Electronic Access, an activist organization concerned with civil liberties in the information age. The book is titled: "The INTERNET by E-Mail" (it's VERY, VERY good) and you can find it in Barnes and Noble, Crown Books, or just about any of the major chain bookstores. But in the chapter on viruses, I quote: "The most important thing to remember about viruses is this: Your computer can't get a virus from a text file. All computer viruses are software. If you never retrieve a computer program from the 'NET, your computer will NEVER get a virus from the 'NET. This means that when you participate in mailing lists and newsgroups, look for email addresses and file names, and retrieve text files, you are safe from viruses..." It goes on a little more talking about making sure you scan any downloaded programs and floppies before running them, but that's the REAL poop on this silly email...somebody is just REAL bored that's all, and got 'nuthin better to do..... __\/__ . / ^ _ \ . |\| (o)(o) |/| #------.OOOo----oo----oOOO.-----# # Steve Gregory # # [log in to unmask] # # # #________________Oooo.__________# .oooO ( ) ( ) ) / \ ( (_/ \_) *************************************************************************** * TechNet mail list is provided as a service by IPC using SmartList v3.05 * *************************************************************************** * To unsubscribe from this list at any time, send a message to: * * [log in to unmask] with <subject: unsubscribe> and no text. * *************************************************************************** * If you are having a problem with the IPC TechNet forum please contact * * Dmitriy Sklyar at 847-509-9700 ext. 311 or email at [log in to unmask] * ***************************************************************************