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"No Mother! My computer doesn't need medicine because I am connected to the internet, regardless of what you heard on the news". To a 90 year old...hearing the word virus...(the noun) means something that needs medicine to cure... In the age of technobabble virus (the adjective) means something that when unleashed tends to be destructive. You can avoid any viruses inadvertantly sent by list members if you will click on the Suspend Parkinsn Mail button on the Parkinsn Email List Message page and keep up with your parkinsn mail by reading it on P-I-E-N-O. You will still be able to post messages but you mailbox will be free of inadvertant viruses. http://www.parkinsons-information-exchange-network-online.com/parkmail/maill ist.html Most anti-virus programs provide the definitions for a year..after that you have to pay for them or upgrade to the newer version of the program. In the worst case, your machine will quit working and every file on the hard drive will be corrupted. If you catch it early and not have one of the fatal viruses, even if you don't have a current anti-virus program, one that is free, is available on the web. HouseCall is at the following address. It will download some temporary files to your computer that will run an anti-virus program. After download, at the box at the bottom of the webpage, your drives will be listed. click on the ones you want checked. Not wanting to be more redundant..:) read the instructions below. One other thing. If you have ever found a virus on your machine before with an anti-virus program and it was put in quarantine rather than deleted..it is still on your hard drive and house call will report it. Just tell HouseCall to delete it. How to use HouseCall: http://housecall.antivirus.com/housecall/start_corp.asp When HouseCall finishes loading, you will see a 'window' above showing all the disk drives on your computer. Select the disk drive(s) or directories you would like to scan. Click the 'Scan' button to start. (You can continue to browse the web while HouseCall is scanning.) If HouseCall finds a virus, it will list its name, as well as the name of the infected file(s). > Click on the virus name to learn more about the virus > Click on the 'Clean' button to remove the virus. If the virus cannot be cleaned, HouseCall will give you the option to delete the infected file. Having trouble? 1. Check the Frequently Asked Questions file. It is located at: http://housecall.antivirus.com/pc_housecall/faq_corp.htm Check your Browser: To use HouseCall, you will need to have either Microsoft Internet Explorer (version 3.02 or above) or Netscape Navigator (version 3.01 or above).