(Moderator's note: Consider this subject retired.) I'm expecting a moderator to kill this tread. Yes, I understand what you all are saying is true. I got my virus as an indirect of using the DML (not from the DML itself)... I should have been more clear. Cameron tried to send me an attachment directly (bypassing the DML), and a virus in his computer substituted his attachment for the virus file. Like a dummy I tried to open it even though I didn't recognize the .pif file extension. The pernicious thing about this is it found a loop hole such that Windows cuts off *.pif file extensions when viewing directories. That made the attachment that was really Fileattachment.DOC.pif to appear to be Fileattachment.DOC. There is no chance of getting a virus from receiving messages from the DML. Walt Tampa, FL