Thanks Auxiris.....your intensions were good.

The best anti-virus programme I use is the AVG. It's a free downloadable programme and has blocked loads of e-mails with Melissa or Kakworm in them on Outlook Express.
It also updates on a daily basis. I have recommended it to several people with a lot of success.

www.grisoft.com

On a lighter note about viruses.....

Famous Viruses
Ellen Degeneres virus -- Your IBM suddenly claims it's a MAC
. Titanic virus -- Makes your whole computer go down
Disney virus -- Everything in the computer goes Goofy
Mike Tyson virus -- Quits after one byte
Prozac virus -- Screws up your RAM but your processor doesn't care
Tim Allen virus -- Appears helpful, only to destroy your hard drive upon contact
Saddam Hussein virus -- Won't let you into any of your programs
X-files virus -- All your Icons start shape shifting
Spice Girl virus -- Has no real function, but makes a pretty desktop
Ronald Reagan virus -- Saves your data, but forgets where it is stored
Oprah Winfrey virus -- Your 200MB hard drive suddenly shrinks to 80MB, and then slowly expands to 300MB
Arnold Schwarzenegger virus -- Terminates and stays resident. It'll be back

best wishes, Yvonne