<>The problem in a nutshell, don't open any messages in a Microsoft E-Mail <>program with the following title "Important Message From: {persons name}" < <The solution in a nutshell... run Linux, or some other more reasonable <OS... Actually it's the problem of word and email tightly meshed. Add to the mix a programming language (VB macros) and you've got an open door to an otherwise insecure system. I run win3.1 and don't have Word so I have no problem. Though another OS or better yet another processor would kill the bug straight out. Allison