I can verify what Mark says. I currently run Norton Anti-Virus using automatic updates (although yesterday I did a complete update manually, just to be sure) and just now, it caught and quarantined two viruses that came in messages, one with a zip extension and one with and htm extension. I have since deleted both. In the several years that I have been running Norton, I have received quite a number of viruses in e-mails and have never had the system infected, so they really do do a good job of protecting the computer. Perhaps other vendors are just as good (McAfee, for example), but I only have first-hand knowledge of the Norton. But, you do have to do the regular updates to be protected fully! Ernie O'Byrne Northwest Garden Nursery 86813 Central Road Eugene ORegon 97402-9284 USA USDA Zone 8a officially, but really Z. 7b Phone: 541 935-3915 FAX: 541 935-0863 -----Original Message----- From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Antennaria@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 10:31 AM To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org Subject: Re: [pbs] "Novarg" Virus making the rounds Being in the position as an IT manager currently, for a 300 person firm, our group has been very aware of the new virus woes these last couple days. The latest virus making the headlines is the Novarg or MyDoom virus. Since some advice was offered on computer viruses on this forum, I though I would offer some clarifying points. <snip>